Alexithymia, anger and somatosensory amplification with chest pain without cardiac etiology Kalpe ilişkili olmayan göǧüs aǧrisinda aleksitimi, öfke ve bedensel duyumlari büyütme
Anadolu Psikiyatri Dergisi, cilt.8, sa.1, ss.14-21, 2007 (Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 8 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2007
- Dergi Adı: Anadolu Psikiyatri Dergisi
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.14-21
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Alexithymia, Anger, Chest pain without cardiac etiology, Medically unexplained physical symptoms
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Objective: In the world and among different cultural groups, physical symptoms are the most common expressions of social problems and emotional inconvenience; chest pain is one of the most widely seen, medically unexplained physical symptoms. In this study, in patients with chest pain without detected cardiac etiology and comparison of some psychological factors with healthy control group were aimed. Methods: Seventy patients were included in the study who came to the cardiology clinic with the complaint of chest pain but did not have any detected cardiac etiology. The healthy control group of 80 person was organized by mathcing them with the patients according to their age, gender and education. To both of the groups, self-evaluation scales were given which included socio-demographical data collection form, Toronto-Alexithymia-Scale, State Trait Anger Scale, Somatosensory Amplification Scale, Beck Anxiety Inventory and Beck Depression Inventory. Results: In noncardiac chest pain group, anxiety, depression, alexithymia, somatosensory amplification, trait anger and anger-in scores were higher than the healthy control group's scores. Conclusion: Alexithymia, anger and somatosensory amplification which are thought to be related with medically unexplained symptoms are high in noncardiac chest pain patients, either. These results show the importance of psychiatric evaluation in noncardiac chest pain patients. In addition, understanding the psychiatric symptom profile of these patients will make an important contribution to noncardiac chest pain treatment.