The percentage and clinical correlates of alexithymia in stable patients with schizophrenia

• DOI: 10.1007/s00406-022-01492-8
• Publication Date: 2022-10-14T08:03:15Z
• Authors: Yun Yi; Yuanyuan Huang; Rui Jiang; Qiang Chen; Mingzhe Yang; Hehua Li; Yangdong Feng; Shixuan Feng; Sumiao Zhou; Lixin Zhang; Yuping Ning; Zezhi Li; Fengchun Wu
• Keywords: Toronto Alexithymia Scale

Alexithymia is a common, but less-recognized affective deficit in patients with schizophrenia. To date, no definitive conclusions have been drawn about the relationship between alexithymia and clinical symptoms or their correlates, particularly stable The purpose of this study was to investigate link psychopathological symptoms, as well any associated A total 435 Chinese schizophrenia were recruited. Positive Negative Symptoms Scale (PANSS) used evaluate each patient's symptoms. Toronto (TAS-20) measure alexithymia. percentage 35.2% Compared non-alexithymia patients, had higher PANSS scores, negative subscores, depressive cognitive subscores (all p < 0.05). Multivariate regression analysis revealed that following variables positively TAS-20 scores: (β = 0.274, t 3.198, 0.001) 0.366, 2.500, 0.013). Education years - 0.453, 2.824, 0.005) negatively scores. Our results suggest relatively levels, independently specific population.