- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
- Dermatology and Skin Diseases
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Microscopic Colitis
- Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
Magna Graecia University
2023-2025
Department of Medical Sciences
2024
A comprehensive investigation of psychological features in chronic patients is very important for tailoring effective treatments. In this study we tested anxiety, depression, health related quality life (HR-QoL), alexithymia, coping styles, and defense mechanisms, eighty-four with Crohn disease (CD) ulcerative colitis (UC). Participants reported low to moderate HRQoL apart from alexithymia. Women experienced lower QoL higher levels anxiety depressive symptoms. Coping strategies were distress...
Background Growing evidence reveals the important role of clinical psychological factors in chronic-immune diseases. The aim this study was to investigate Health-Related Quality Life (HR-QoL), depression, anxiety, and alexithymia patients with severe hypersensitivity reactions such as Severe Allergic Asthma (SAA) Hymenoptera Venom Anaphylaxis (HVA). Methods Short-Form Health Survey-36 (SF-36), Beck Depression Inventory Questionnaire (BDI-II), Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) Toronto...