Depression, anxiety, alexithymia and somatosensory sensitivity in patients with benign palpitation
Objective: The aim of this study is to compare the frequency of depression, anxiety, alexithymia and somatosensory sensitivity in patients with benign palpitation with healthy controls. Method: Sixty-one patients with palpitation and 59 age- and sex-matched control subjects were enrolled. All study...
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| author | Nurten Sayar Ömer Yanartaş Kürşat Tigen Beste Özben Sadıç Serhat Ergun Alper Kepez Altug Çinçin |
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| description | Objective: The aim of this study is to compare the frequency of depression, anxiety, alexithymia and somatosensory sensitivity in patients with benign palpitation with healthy controls. Method: Sixty-one patients with palpitation and 59 age- and sex-matched control subjects were enrolled. All study subjects were undergone thorough cardiac evaluation, and patients with palpitation also had echocardiography and 24-hour ECG monitoring to rule out significant arrhythmias, coronary artery disease and structural heart disease. All subjects were assessed by Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Toronto Alexithymia scale, Whiteley Index (WI) and Somatosensory Amplification Scale (SAS). Results: Patients with benign palpitation had significantly increased BAI, BDI, WI and SAS scores. Anxiety is the only independent predictor of benign palpitation (odds ratio = 1.12, 95% confidence interval = 1.05–1.19, p < 0.001). Conclusion: This study shows that patients with benign palpitation had increased anxiety levels and somatization disorders. So an integrated psycho-cardiological approach is needed in this special population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a0d43374dea40cd8358225c8d8ef33f2023-02-15T16:12:31ZengAVESPsychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology2475-05732475-05812017-04-0127213914210.1080/24750573.2017.13280951328095Depression, anxiety, alexithymia and somatosensory sensitivity in patients with benign palpitationNurten Sayar0Ömer Yanartaş1Kürşat Tigen2Beste Özben Sadıç3Serhat Ergun4Alper Kepez5Altug Çinçin6Marmara University Faculty of MedicineMarmara University Faculty of MedicineMarmara University Faculty of MedicineMarmara University Faculty of MedicineMarmara University Faculty of MedicineMarmara University Faculty of MedicineMarmara University Faculty of MedicineObjective: The aim of this study is to compare the frequency of depression, anxiety, alexithymia and somatosensory sensitivity in patients with benign palpitation with healthy controls. Method: Sixty-one patients with palpitation and 59 age- and sex-matched control subjects were enrolled. All study subjects were undergone thorough cardiac evaluation, and patients with palpitation also had echocardiography and 24-hour ECG monitoring to rule out significant arrhythmias, coronary artery disease and structural heart disease. All subjects were assessed by Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Toronto Alexithymia scale, Whiteley Index (WI) and Somatosensory Amplification Scale (SAS). Results: Patients with benign palpitation had significantly increased BAI, BDI, WI and SAS scores. Anxiety is the only independent predictor of benign palpitation (odds ratio = 1.12, 95% confidence interval = 1.05–1.19, p < 0.001). Conclusion: This study shows that patients with benign palpitation had increased anxiety levels and somatization disorders. So an integrated psycho-cardiological approach is needed in this special population.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24750573.2017.1328095Palpitationdepressionanxietysomatosensory sensitivityalexithymia |
| spellingShingle | Nurten Sayar Ömer Yanartaş Kürşat Tigen Beste Özben Sadıç Serhat Ergun Alper Kepez Altug Çinçin Depression, anxiety, alexithymia and somatosensory sensitivity in patients with benign palpitation Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology Palpitation depression anxiety somatosensory sensitivity alexithymia |
| title | Depression, anxiety, alexithymia and somatosensory sensitivity in patients with benign palpitation |
| title_full | Depression, anxiety, alexithymia and somatosensory sensitivity in patients with benign palpitation |
| title_fullStr | Depression, anxiety, alexithymia and somatosensory sensitivity in patients with benign palpitation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Depression, anxiety, alexithymia and somatosensory sensitivity in patients with benign palpitation |
| title_short | Depression, anxiety, alexithymia and somatosensory sensitivity in patients with benign palpitation |
| title_sort | depression anxiety alexithymia and somatosensory sensitivity in patients with benign palpitation |
| topic | Palpitation depression anxiety somatosensory sensitivity alexithymia |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24750573.2017.1328095 |
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