Niveles de alexitimia según severidad de sintomatología depresiva en pacientes con depresión
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2014-06-18
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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
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La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo comparar los niveles de alexitimia según la severidad de la sintomatología depresiva en un grupo de pacientes con depresión. Además, se buscó comparar los diferentes grados de sintomatología depresiva entre sí, comparar los tres factores de la alexitimia según la intensidad de la sintomatología depresiva y comparar los niveles de alexitimia según los datos sociodemográficos. Para dicho fin, se aplicó a 51 pacientes el Inventario de Depresión de Beck (BDI-II) y Escala de Alexitimia de Toronto (TAS-20). Se encontró una alta correlación entre depresión y alexitimia, donde los pacientes con mayor severidad de sintomatología depresiva presentaron niveles más altos de alexitimia. Los factores 1 y 2 del TAS-20 presentaron puntuaciones mayores, mas no se observó una relación con el factor 3. Los resultados sugieren que los pacientes con mayor severidad de sintomatología depresiva, tienden a puntuar más alto en la escala de alexitimia debido a las dificultades en la identificación y verbalización de las emociones que se encuentran en ambas, además de una tendencia a somatizar todo aquello que no entienden ni pueden expresar.
The aim of present study was to compare the levels of alexithymia according to the severity of depressive symptoms in a group of depressed patients. Furthermore, the other aims were to compare the different degrees of depressive symptomatology among themselves, compare the three factors of alexithymia according to the intensity of depressive symptoms and compare the levels of alexithymia with sociodemographic data. 51 patients with depression were assessed using Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) and Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). Significant correlations were found between depression and alexithymia, where patients with more severe depressive symptoms had higher levels of alexithymia. Factors 1 and 2 had higher scores, but a relationship with factor 3 was not found. The present findings suggest that patients with more severe depressive symptoms tended to score higher on the TAS-20 due to the difficulties in identifying and verbalizing emotions, along with a tendency to somatize anything that they cannot understand or express..
The aim of present study was to compare the levels of alexithymia according to the severity of depressive symptoms in a group of depressed patients. Furthermore, the other aims were to compare the different degrees of depressive symptomatology among themselves, compare the three factors of alexithymia according to the intensity of depressive symptoms and compare the levels of alexithymia with sociodemographic data. 51 patients with depression were assessed using Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) and Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). Significant correlations were found between depression and alexithymia, where patients with more severe depressive symptoms had higher levels of alexithymia. Factors 1 and 2 had higher scores, but a relationship with factor 3 was not found. The present findings suggest that patients with more severe depressive symptoms tended to score higher on the TAS-20 due to the difficulties in identifying and verbalizing emotions, along with a tendency to somatize anything that they cannot understand or express..
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