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Depresif, Anksiyete, Somatoform ve Psikotik Bozukluklarda Aleksitimi: Karşılaştırmalı Bir Çalışma

Alexithymia in Depressive, Anxiety, Somatoform, and Psychotic Disorders: A Comparative Study

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Psychiatric nurses can help in improving patients' quality of life through psychosocial interventions aiming at improved recognition, identification and description of feelings, communication skills and insight

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objectives: This study aimed to compare the prevalence of alexithymia and determine the differences in structure in patients with depressive, anxiety, somatoform, and psychotic disorders.Methods: The study was performed between April and May 2013 with outpatients who were diagnosed with depressive (n=99), anxiety (n=76), somatoform (n=37), and psychotic (n=45) disorders under the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (American Psychiatric Association 2000) and who were being monitored and treated at the outpatient psychiatry clinic of Erzincan State Hospital.
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Key Findings & Data:The data were collected by two psychiatrists using the face-to-face interview method, which employed a questionnaire and the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), in the outpatient clinic environment.Results: Alexithymic construct was found in 55.6% of the psychotic patients, 45.9% of those with somatoform disorders, 43.4% of those with anxiety, and 51.5% of the depressive patients.
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Conclusion & Impact:Psychiatric nurses can help in improving patients' quality of life through psychosocial interventions aiming at improved recognition, identification and description of feelings, communication skills and insight
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Objectives: This study aimed to compare the prevalence of alexithymia and determine the differences in structure in patients with depressive, anxiety, somatoform, and psychotic disorders.Methods: The study was performed between April and May 2013 with outpatients who were diagnosed with depressive (n=99), anxiety (n=76), somatoform (n=37), and psychotic (n=45) disorders under the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (American Psychiatric Association 2000) and who were being monitored and treated at the outpatient psychiatry clinic of Erzincan State Hospital. The data were collected by two psychiatrists using the face-to-face interview method, which employed a questionnaire and the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), in the outpatient clinic environment.Results: Alexithymic construct was found in 55.6% of the psychotic patients, 45.9% of those with somatoform disorders, 43.4% of those with anxiety, and 51.5% of the depressive patients. The TAS-20 average scores were significantly higher in psychotic patients. The Difficulty Identifying Feelings subscale average scores were found to be significantly lower in patients with somatoform disorders (p<0.01). Additionally, the TAS-20 average scores in men, young, those with low education were significantly higher (p<0.001).Conclusion: The study demonstrated that all patient groups had alexithymic construct; however, the prevalence of alexithymia was higher in depressive and psychotic patients. Psychiatric nurses can help in improving patients' quality of life through psychosocial interventions aiming at improved recognition, identification and description of feelings, communication skills and insight

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Amaç: Bu araştırma depresif, anksiyete, somatoform ve psikotik bozukluğu olan hastalarda aleksitimi sıklığını karşılaştırmak ve yapı farklılığını belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır.Gereç ve Yöntem: Araştırma Erzincan Devlet Hastanesi Psikiyatri Polikliniği'nde DSM-IV-TR (Amerikan Psikiyatri Birliği 2000) ölçütlerine göre depresif (n=99), anksiyete (n=76), somatoform (n=37) ve psikotik (n=45) bozukluk tanısı alan ve ayaktan izlenen hastalar ile Nisan-Mayıs 2013 tarihleri arasında yürütülmüştür. Veriler iki psikiyatri uzmanı tarafından poliklinik ortamında soru formu ve Toronto Aleksitimi Ölçeği (TAÖ-20) kullanılarak yüz yüze görüşme yöntemi ile toplanmıştır.Bulgular: Depresif hastaların %51.5'inde, anksiyete bozukluğu olanların %43.4'ünde, somatoform bozukluğu olanların %45.9'unda ve psikotik bozukluğu olanların ise %55.6'sında aleksitimik yapı; TAÖ-20 puan ortalamasının psikotik hastalarda önemli düzeyde yüksek; Duyguları Tanımada Zorluk alt boyutu puan ortalamasının ise somatoform bozukluğu olan hastalarda önemli düzeyde düşük olduğu belirlenmiştir (p<0.01). Ayrıca TAÖ-20 puan ortalamasının erkeklerde, genç ve eğitim yılı düşük olanlarda önemli düzeyde yüksek olduğu bulunmuştur (p<0.001).Sonuç: Psikotik ve depresif hastalarda aleksitimi sıklığının daha yüksek olduğu görülmekle birlikte bütün hasta gruplarında aleksitimik yapının olduğu belirlenmiştir. Psikiyatri hemşireleri duyguları tanıma, tanımlama, ifade etme, iletişim becerileri ve içgörü geliştirmeyi amaçlayan psikososyal müdahaleler yoluyla hastaların iyileşmesinde önemli katkı sağlayabilirler

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YILDIRIM, A., CAMCIOĞLU, T. H., SEVİNÇ, E., TRAİNİNG, S. K. (2016). Depresif, Anksiyete, Somatoform ve Psikotik Bozukluklarda Aleksitimi: Karşılaştırmalı Bir Çalışma. Psikiyatri Hemşireliği Dergisi, Cilt: 7 - Sayı: 2, 75–81. https://ajindex.com/articles/340479

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