Alexithymia among elderlypatients with diabetes
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OBJECTIVE: To determine alexithymic characteristics and affecting factors in the elderly with diabetes mellitus. METHODS: This study was planned as a cross-sectional and descriptive study and was conducted in a state Hospital with 120 elderly patients with diabetes. Data were collected using a personal information form and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale. RESULTS: Alexithymia was found in 75.8% of the elderly with diabetes mellitus. It was determined that patients experienced higher than average difficulty in describing and identifying feelings. They also had more externally-oriented thinking styles. Patients' income levels, family structure and illness duration affected their manifestation of alexithymic characteristics. CONCLUSION: Majority of elderly patients with diabetes exhibited alexithymic characteristics. However, these were not shown to be associated with sex, age, marital, educational or professional status. In addition, no connection was found between alexithymia and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), body mass index (BMI), postprandial glucose (PBG), and the treatment and complications of diabetes mellitus.
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Elevated alexithymia in older adults is associated with poor physical and mental health.
“a body of evidence indicates that elevated alexithymia in older adults is associated with poor physical and mental health (Bamonti et al., 2010; Hintistan et al., 2013; Waldstein et al., 2002).”
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The Introduction links alexithymia with chronic disease and discusses physical and psychological symptoms in elderly patients with diabetes. But the study examined alexithymia in that specific patient group, not its association with physical and mental health across older adults; the Abstract reports no association with several measured diabetes-related health indicators. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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- Authors
- Hintistan, S., Cilingir, D., & Birinci, N.
- Venue
- Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
- Publisher
- Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
- Published
- 2013-10-25
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1344-8
- ISSN
- 1681-715X (ISSN-L)
- 1682-024X
- PMC
- PMC3905390
- OpenAlex
- W2313791727
- Cited by
- 23
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 1.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Education
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Empathy and Medical Education
- Keywords
- alexithymia, diabetes mellitus, elderly patients, Toronto Alexithymia Scale, emotional awareness, socioeconomic factors, family structure, disease duration, glycemic control, body mass index, postprandial blood glucose
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