The degree of alexithymia in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients and its association with medical and demographic parameters

  • Authors: Sapozhnikova IE1, Tarlovskaia EI1, Madianov IV2, Vedenskaia TP3
  • Affiliations:
    1. ГОУ ВПО "Кировская государственная медицинская академия" Минздравсоцразвития России
    2. ГОУ ДПО "Чувашский институт усовершенствования врачей" Минздравсоцразвития России
    3. ОГЛПУ "Кировская областная клиническая больница"
  • Issue: Vol 84, No 10 (2012)
  • Pages: 23-27
  • Section: Editorial
  • URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0040-3660/article/view/31094
  • ID: 31094

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Aim. To study the degree of alexithymia (an inability to understand and to express emotions verbally) and its relationship to medical and demographic parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) versus control group individuals. Subjects and methods. 265 patients with type 2 DM and 65 gender- and age-matched control individuals were examined. The degree of alexithymia was rated by the 26-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-26). Survey, anthropometry, and laboratory tests were made. Results. Carbohydrate metabolism was decompensated in the majority of the patients with DM; its complications were detected in most cases. The patients with type 2 DM compared with the controls had higher alexithymia levels; significant alexithymia was more frequently recorded (47.2% versus 21.5%; р<0.001). In patients with type 2 DM, the degree of alexithymia correlated positively with depression and DM complications (with depression in the control group) and negatively with higher education and compensated carbohydrate metabolism. Conclusion. Higher alexithymia in the patients with type 2 DM was associated with decompensated carbohydrate metabolism and the presence of complications.

About the authors

I E Sapozhnikova

ГОУ ВПО "Кировская государственная медицинская академия" Минздравсоцразвития России

Email: kgma@sapir.kirov.ru

E I Tarlovskaia

ГОУ ВПО "Кировская государственная медицинская академия" Минздравсоцразвития России

Email: etarlovskaya@mail.ru

I V Madianov

ГОУ ДПО "Чувашский институт усовершенствования врачей" Минздравсоцразвития России

Email: igo-madyanov@yandex.ru

T P Vedenskaia

ОГЛПУ "Кировская областная клиническая больница"

Email: Vedenskaya@mail.ru

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