Influence of alexithymia on health-related quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease: Are there any related factors?

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 445-453

  Iglesias Rey, Marta ^a   Barreiro De Acosta, Manuel ^a,b   Caamaño Isorna, Francisco ^c   Vázquez Rodríguez, Isabel ^c   Lorenzo González, Aurelio ^b   Bello Paderne, Xabier ^d   Domínguez Muñoz, J Enrique ^a,b  

^a Foundation for Research in Digestive Diseases (FIENAD)   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d Galician Public Foundation of Genomic Medicine   (Spain)

Author keywords

alexithymia; Crohn's disease; health related quality of life; inflammatory bowel disease; personality; ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE 36; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIOECONOMICS; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858693496     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2012.654403     Document Type: Article

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