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15546828

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-11-19
pubmed:abstractText
Somatosensory amplification is the tendency to report somatic sensations as intense and disturbing. Alexithymia is a personality construct characterized by difficulty recognizing emotions and a tendency to focus on external events and bodily sensations. The association of somatosensory amplification and alexithymia with functional symptoms was assessed in 111 patients with functional dyspepsia and 53 healthy comparison subjects. The subjects completed several assessment instruments, including the Somatosensory Amplification Scale and the 20-Item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. The patients with dyspepsia had modestly higher scores on measures of alexithymia (especially difficulty identifying feelings) and somatosensory amplification. Alexithymia and somatosensory amplification may play important roles in symptom generation and perception in a subset of patients with functional dyspepsia, but the importance of these constructs in this patient population appears less than previously reported.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0033-3182
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
508-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Alexithymia and somatosensory amplification in functional dyspepsia.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Gastroenterology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Univesrity, Chicago, IL, USA. mpjones@nmh.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article