亚历克西西米亚的性别差异和慢性精神分裂症的认知障碍:基于中国汉族人口的大型样本研究
Kan Yang1, Yunhui Zhong2, Jiamei Yuan1
1Institute of Psychology, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, China.
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience
|December 19, 2024
概括
这项研究发现精神分裂症的性别差异,男性显示出更高的alexithymia率和认知分数. 亚历克西西米亚和认知功能之间的关系在性别之间也存在显著差异.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 在精神分裂症中,在各种领域观察到性别差异.
- 与性有关的alexithymia和认知功能之间的相互作用在精神分裂症中仍未得到充分探索.
研究的目的:
- 调查慢性精神分裂症患者中alexithymia和认知功能之间的关系的性别特异性.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及695名精神分裂症患者 (464名男性,231名女性) 的横截面研究,诊断出符合DSM-IV标准.
- 评估包括多伦多亚历克西西米亚量表 (TAS-20),神经心理状态评估重复电池 (RBANS) 和正负综合征量表 (PANSS).
主要成果:
- 与女性相比,男性患者的alexithymia (56.7%) 患病率更高,RBANS视觉空间/结构,语言和总分的表现更好.
- 亚历克西西米亚与下层语言功能有关.
- 在alexithymia和即时/延迟记忆之间的相关性中发现了显著的性别差异.
结论:
- 精神分裂症患者在并发性alexithymia患病率及其与认知缺陷相关性方面表现出基于性别的变化.
- 虽然注意到了显著的差异,但横截面设计排除了性别,alexithymia和认知功能之间的因果关系.
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