Alexithymia among elderlypatients with diabetes

Hintistan, Sevilay; Çilingir, Dilek; Birinci, Nermin

doi:10.12669/pjms.296.2159

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“…11 One chronic and physical disease of the elderly population is diabetes mellitus. 11,12 Diabetes negatively affects not only the physical and social lives of the elderly but also their psychological well-being.…”

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“…11,12 Diabetes negatively affects not only the physical and social lives of the elderly but also their psychological well-being. A diagnosis of diabetes hinders the ability of the elderly to live independently 11 and represents a significant burden to society, both financially and socially. 13 As consistent with these results, mean scores of all subscales except for the subscale of treatment dissatisfaction and total mean score for diabetes burden were observed to be high in this study.…”

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The Challenge of Diabetes in the Elderly and Affecting Factors

Ovayolu

Doğru

et al. 2015

Holistic Nursing Practice

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This study was conducted with the goal of evaluating the challenge of diabetes in elderly individuals and affecting factors. This descriptive study was conducted with 88 diabetic patients 65 years of age or older who were admitted to the endocrinology and metabolism disorders outpatient clinic data of the study collected by using a questionnaire prepared by the researchers and the Elderly Diabetes Burden Scale. Total score of the scale varies between 19 and 92 points. While a higher score indicates a higher burden a lower score indicates a lower burden, data were analyzed by using Student t test, 1-way analysis of variance, Mann-Whitney U test, and Kruskal-Wallis test. Subscale and total mean scores of patients were as follows: 9.4 ± 3.2 for symptom burden; 12.4 ± 3.4 for social burden; 11.4 ± 3.3 for burden by dietary restrictions; 11.9 ± 3.7 for burden of worry about diabetes; 4.3 ± 1.3 for burden from treatment dissatisfaction; 9.4 ± 4.6 for burden by oral antidiabetic drugs or insulin; and 58.5 ± 9.6 for total diabetes burden score. Diabetes burden was found to be higher for patients who were at an advanced age, single, female, had a lower income, receiving oral antidiabetic or insulin treatment, and had diabetes duration of 6 to 11 years, a concomitant chronic condition or a diabetic person among first-degree relatives and who did not come for regular follow-up visits, had no assistance for their care, and who stated a poor quality of life and treatment compliance. Elderly diabetic patients were found to have a high total Elderly Diabetes Burden Scale score, and the highest scores were observed for the subscales of burden by dietary restrictions, social burden, and burden of worry about diabetes. Thus, it could be recommended to perform appropriate nursing interventions in order to assess and reduce diabetes challenge during planning of necessary treatment and care in elderly diabetic patients.

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The Challenge of Diabetes in the Elderly and Affecting Factors

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Doğru

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“…It is therefore reasonable to assume that the same occurs with personality scales, thus confirming the need to adapt tools for use with people with low levels of education (Winckers et al, 2015). Studies have shown that alexithymic characteristics increase with age, leading to more concrete and operative thinking (Hintistan et al, 2013), and that the lower the level of education the earlier alexithymic characteristics appear (Onor, Trevisiol, Spano, Aguglia, & Paradiso, 2010).…”

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“…However, the prevalence of alexithymia has also been found to be as high as 7% among the general population (Steinweg, Dallas, & Rea, 2011) without any link to specific disorders (Cox, Kuch, Parker, Shulman, & Evans, 1994;Praceres et al, 2000;Yoshida, 2000Yoshida, , 2007. It is known that the prevalence of fibromyalgia is greater among women (Hintistan, Cilingir, & Birinci, 2013). A recent study involving patients suffering from chronic pain showed that pain and depression were more likely to get worse over time among those with alexithymia (Saariaho, Saariaho, Mattila, Joukamaa, & Karukivi, 2016).…”

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Toronto Alexithymia Scale: Adaptation of the Brazilian Version to Low-Educated Adults

Fortes

Bordin

Semer

2017

Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto)

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For the purpose of studying Alexithymia in low-educated adults, we intend to adapt the Brazilian version of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-26) and to verify its internal consistency. With that aim, we translated the original TAS-26 (English) to Portuguese, adopting a colloquial language, without content distortion. An exploratory qualitative study interviewed 50 women (38-65 years, education <9 years) and identified comprehension difficulties in 22 items, that needed adaptation. A professional translator performed the back-translation of the adapted TAS-26, that was applied to a new sample of women (90 with chronical pain and 90 without pain, 38-65 years, education <9 years) to evaluate its internal consistency. Only four items (1/2/3/16) of the pre-existing Brazilian version (appropriate to university students) did not require modification. The internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha) was satisfactory for total score (0.65) and elevated for factor 1 (0.87). The adapted Brazilian version of TAS-26 is appropriate to low-educated adults.

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“…It is also noted that personality changes can precede diabetes to DM type 2. For example, many people with DM type 2 are characterized by the presence of alexithymia [3]. Certain personality traits such as alarming, anancastic and dependent personality traits are classically considered as one of the factors of getting DM type 2.…”

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Content and Dynamics Disclosure of Personality Traits of Patients With Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 in a Context of Diabetic Pathopersonology

Tkachenko

2017

Technology transfer: innovative solutions in medicine

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Pathocharacteristic changes are denoted by a number of researches as complications of DM type 2. Certain personality traits such as alarming, anancastic and dependent personality traits are classically considered as one of the factors of getting DM type 2. The influence of pathopersonologic personality traits including acquired by DM on patients’ compliance to therapy stipulates high priority of their research. 543 patients with DM type two under medical treatment were examined. The first clinical group of 57 patients with DM type 2 with mild case. The second clinical group of 312 patients with moderately severe DM type 2. The third clinical group of 172 patients with nasty form of DM type 2. We have conducted research for five years (2012–2017 years). Methods of research: anamnestic, clinical-psychopathological, psychodiagnostical, statistical. There are established personality traits, which are predisposed by DM type 2. According to the induction risk level they are divided into such sections: section I – high risk of DM type 2 induction as one of the components of DM type 2 etiopathogenesis; section II – medium risk of DM type 2 induction; section III – low risk of DM type 2 induction. The research established the personality peculiarities of patients with DM type 2 and on its basis the modification of personological continuum of patients with DM type 2, as the disease progresses, was concluded. The established personality peculiarities of patients with DM type 2 can provide a basis for diabetic pathopersonoligy, that improves the quality of differential diagnosis of DM type 2 comorbid psychic disorders and approaches to DM type 2 therapy and psychoprophylaxis, the improvement of quality of patients’ with DM type two treatment, also in a context of compliance to DM type 2 therapy correction by the leveling of discompliant personality traits

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Alexithymia among elderlypatients with diabetes

Cited by 20 publications

References 13 publications

The Challenge of Diabetes in the Elderly and Affecting Factors

The Challenge of Diabetes in the Elderly and Affecting Factors

Toronto Alexithymia Scale: Adaptation of the Brazilian Version to Low-Educated Adults

Content and Dynamics Disclosure of Personality Traits of Patients With Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 in a Context of Diabetic Pathopersonology

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