Alexithymia and asthma: a systematic review

O Silvestro, L Ricciardi, A Catalano, CM Vicario… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Growing evidence from scientific research elucidates the important role of alexithymia in
chronic immune diseases. This Review aims to explore the presence of alexithymia in …

Failure in asthma control: reasons and consequences

F Braido - Scientifica, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Clinical research showed that asthma control is an achievable target. However, real‐life
observations suggest that a significant proportion of patients suffer from symptoms and …

Psychological aspects in asthma: do psychological factors affect asthma management?

I Baiardini, F Sicuro, F Balbi, GW Canonica… - Asthma research and …, 2015 - Springer
Despite the regular treatment with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) or ICS plus long-acting
beta2-agonists, permits to control de majority of asthmatics, a significant proportion of …

Clinical Psychology and Clinical Immunology: is there a link between Alexithymia and severe Asthma?

L Ricciardi, G Spatari, CM Vicario… - … Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk
Background: Severe asthma patients are those suffering from asthma exacerbations despite
adherence to maximal optimized asthma treatment such as high dose inhalant …

Alexithymia and physical illness: a psychosomatic approach

P Porcelli, GJ Taylor - … in research, theory, and clinical practice, 2018 - books.google.com
Among the various emotion-related constructs that have been associated with health and
disease, alexithymia has the longest history. Formulated by Nemiah, Freyberger, and …

Alexithymia and its impact on quality of life in a group of Brazilian women with migraine without aura

RVA Vieira, DC Vieira, WB Gomes, G Gauer - The journal of headache …, 2013 - Springer
Background Migraine is a type of primary headache widely known for its impact on quality of
life of patients. Although the psychological aspects of the disease are receiving increasing …

The mediating effects of cognitive emotion regulation strategies on the relationship between alexithymia and physical symptoms: Evidence from Iranian asthmatic …

F Ghorbani, V Khosravani, RJ Ardakani, A Alvani… - Psychiatry …, 2017 - Elsevier
Asthma is a chronic and episodic psychosomatic disease whose symptoms include
coughing, wheezing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath. The present study aimed to …

The alexithymia, cognitive emotion regulation, and physical symptoms in Iranian asthmatic patients

V Khosravani, A Alvani, FS Bastan, RJ Ardakani… - Personality and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The aims of this study were to evaluate alexithymia subscales and cognitive emotion
regulation strategies (CERS) of asthmatic patients and to clarify the relations of alexithymia …

Psycho-demographic profile in severe asthma and effect of emotional mood disorders and hyperventilation syndrome on quality of life

L Dafauce, D Romero, C Carpio, P Barga, S Quirce… - BMC psychology, 2021 - Springer
Background Severe asthma affects a small population but carries a high psychopathological
risk. Therefore, the psychodemographic profile of these patients is of interest. A substantial …

Posttraumatic stress disorder following asthma attack (post-asthma attack PTSD) and psychiatric co-morbidity: the impact of alexithymia and coping

MC Chung, H Rudd, N Wall - Psychiatry research, 2012 - Elsevier
This study investigated the prevalence of post-asthma attack posttraumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) and the severity of psychiatric co-morbidity among a group of college students and …