KMID : 0361520090200060316
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Korean Journal of Psychopharmacology 2009 Volume.20 No. 6 p.316 ~ p.324
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Quality of Life of Patients with Depressive Disorder Receiving Antidepressants£ºRelationship between Quality of Life and Alexithymia
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Ryu Seuk-Hwan
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Abstract
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Objective£ºThe aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between quality of life (QoL) and alexithymia in patients with depressive disorders receiving antidepressant medication.
Methods£ºThe sample consisted of patients visiting the outpatient psychiatric unit of a university hospital between January 2007 and June 9. Participants completed the Symptom Checklist-90-R (SCL-90-R), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20-K (TAS-20-K), and the 36-item Short Form Health Survey of the Medical Outcomes Study (SF-36). A total of 75 patients diagnosed with depressive disorder according to DSM-IV criteria were included in this study. Student t-tests and regression analyses were conducted on the data.
Results£ºPatients with alexithymia obtained lower QoL scores than did patients without alexithymia on eight dimensions of the SF-36. The regression analysis showed that alexithymia was positively associated with hostility and inversely associated with paranoid ideation.
Conclusion£ºPatients with alexithymia emerged as more symptomatic on the SCL-90-R and obtained lower QoL scores on eight dimensions of the SF-36 than did patients without alexithymia. It is important that clinicians identify alexithymic characteristics in patients with depressive disorders to help them improve their QoL.
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KEYWORD
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Alexithymia, Quality of life, Depressive disorder
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