CORRELATION BETWEEN SEVERETY OF PAIN SYNDROME AND ALEXITHYMIA IN PATIENTS WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS
Abstract
Purpose of the study: to investigate the relationship between the index of alexithymia and severity of pain in patients with ulcerative colitis and comparable severity of the next attack. Materials and methods: the study included 59 patients with acute exacerbation of ulcerative colitis who were hospitalized in the gastroenterological department of the Saratov Regional Hospital. On admission to the hospital for all patients was determined the level of alexithymia using the Toronto alexithymia scale (1985), adapted in the Institute named after VM Bekhterev (2005). The severity of the next attack of ulcerative colitis was evaluated according to the criteria of Truelove-Witts (1955). Results: with comparable severity of the next attack of ulcerative colitis patients with high alexithymia significantly more often reported higher levels of pain than at low values one. Conclusion: in the choice of optimal tactics analgesic drug therapy in patients with ulcerative colitis in the period of exacerbation it is necessary to consider psychological characteristics of their personality.
About the Authors
M. A. Fedosova
Federal State Budget Educational Institution of High Education «Saratov State Medical University named after V. I. Razumovsky» of the Ministry of Public Health of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
E. I. Kashkina
Federal State Budget Educational Institution of High Education «Saratov State Medical University named after V. I. Razumovsky» of the Ministry of Public Health of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
M. A. Kunitsuna
Federal State Budget Educational Institution of High Education «Saratov State Medical University named after V. I. Razumovsky» of the Ministry of Public Health of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Fedosova M.A., Kashkina E.I., Kunitsuna M.A. CORRELATION BETWEEN SEVERETY OF PAIN SYNDROME AND ALEXITHYMIA IN PATIENTS WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS. Experimental and Clinical Gastroenterology. 2017;(3):28-31. (In Russ.)
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