The anxiety between individuals with and without joint hypermobility
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Background and Objectives: This study was performed to compare the anxiety disorders between individuals with and without joint hypermobility.Methods: A total of 94 Turkish volunteers, 40 subjects (38 females, 2 males) with joint hypermobility and 54 controls (47 females, 7 males) without joint hypermobility, were included in this study.We evaluated the joint hypermobility by using the Beighton scoring system in the participants and a Beighton score of at least 4 was considered as joint hypermobility.In addition, all cases were evaluated with Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I) and Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale by a psychiatrist in order to define their psychyatric disorders and anxiety levels, respectively.Results: Age, gender and educational levels of the participants were similar between these two groups.Mean of anxiety score was higher statistically in the study group (13.5 ± 5.3) than that of the control group (11.1 ± 4.9) (p < 0.05).No statistically a significant difference in the ratio of psychyatric disorders according to SCID-I were observed between cases with and without hypermobility.Conclusions: Anxiety scores have been found significantly higher in the group with hypermobility than that of the group without hypermobility.We strongly recommend the assessment of medical conditions, including joint hypermobility syndrome, in anxiety patients.
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“Adults with asymptomatic GJH had higher anxiety scores42,43 and more specific anxiety as state, trait anxiety, social anxiety, and severity of fears than controls without asymptomatic GJH.33, 34, 35, 36”
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Table 3 (p. 208) reports higher mean Hamilton anxiety scores in the hypermobility group than in controls (13.5 versus 11.1; p < 0.05). Participants and Methods defines the groups by Beighton score but does not establish that the participants with hypermobility were asymptomatic, so that qualifier is unsupported. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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- Authors
- Gurer, G., Sendur, F., Gultekin, B. K., & Ozcan, M. E.
- Affiliations
- Fatih University (TR)
- ORCID
- Ozcan, Mehmet Erkan
- Venue
- The European Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- SciELO Espana/Repisalud
- Published
- 2010-12
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 4
- ISSN
- 0213-6163 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2054919040
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 0.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- The European Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Hispana (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Scientific Electronic library online (Sciences Carlos III Health Institute) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Connective tissue disorders research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Keywords
- joint hypermobility, anxiety disorders, Beighton score, hypermobility spectrum disorders, psychiatric comorbidity, anxiety levels, Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale
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