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Published on: February 1, 2012
[Affective symptomatology in patients with nonspecific inflammatory bowel diseases]
A Heretik1, S Korbasová, V Matejícková
1Katedra psychologických vied FF UK, Bratislava.
Abstract:
The authors analyze the results of research focused affective symptomatology in 297 patients with non-specific inflammatory intestinal diseases--ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. The results confirmed that 50% of the patients suffer from intense or very intense neurotic symptoms and 20% from a depressive symptomatology of similar intensity. Item analysis suggests predominance of symptoms of vegetative lability, neurasthenia and cognitive depressive symptoms. The extent of affective symptomatology is only to a small degree sex-dependent. Negative factors include a lower level of education and living in a permanent partnership.
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