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Are Mood and Anxiety Disorders and Alexithymia Associated with Endometriosis? A Preliminary Study
Joint Authors
Porpora, Maria Grazia
Panici, Pierluigi Benedetti
Lia, Claudia
Cavaggioni, Gabriele
Resta, Serena
Antonielli, Tatiana
Megiorni, Francesca
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-06-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
The aim of this preliminary study was to determine whether psychiatric disorders, psychopathological symptoms, and alexithymia are associated with endometriosis in an Italian population.
Study Design.
A preliminary study comprising 37 Italian patients with surgically confirmed endometriosis and 43 controls, without clinical and ultrasound signs of endometriosis, was carried out.
Both patients and controls were evaluated for the presence/absence of psychiatric disorders, psychopathological symptoms, alexithymia, and pain symptoms (nonmenstrual pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, and dyspareunia).
Results.
Statistically significant differences were found between cases and controls for prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders, malfunctioning on obsessive-compulsive subscale (P<0.01) and depression subscale (P<0.05) of the Symptom Checklist-90-Revisited (SCL-90-R), and higher alexithymia levels (P<0.01).
Patients with endometriosis-associated pain showed greater prevalence of psychiatric disorders compared to pain-free patients but that difference was not significant.
Significant correlation was found between malfunctioning in some SCL-90-R dimensions and pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, and dyspareunia scores at the visual analog score (VAS).
Conclusion.
Some psychopathological aspects, such as psychoemotional distress and alexithymia, are more frequent in women with endometriosis and might amplify pain symptoms in these patients.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Cavaggioni, Gabriele& Lia, Claudia& Resta, Serena& Antonielli, Tatiana& Panici, Pierluigi Benedetti& Megiorni, Francesca…[et al.]. 2014. Are Mood and Anxiety Disorders and Alexithymia Associated with Endometriosis? A Preliminary Study. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-498045
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Cavaggioni, Gabriele…[et al.]. Are Mood and Anxiety Disorders and Alexithymia Associated with Endometriosis? A Preliminary Study. BioMed Research International No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-498045
American Medical Association (AMA)
Cavaggioni, Gabriele& Lia, Claudia& Resta, Serena& Antonielli, Tatiana& Panici, Pierluigi Benedetti& Megiorni, Francesca…[et al.]. Are Mood and Anxiety Disorders and Alexithymia Associated with Endometriosis? A Preliminary Study. BioMed Research International. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-498045
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-498045