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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALEXITHYMIA AND PARKINSON’S DISEASE IN A TUNISIAN SAMPLE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2023

N. Messedi ,
E. Fakhfakh ,
S. Kolsi ,
I. Chaari ,
F. Charfeddine ,
L. Aribi ,
N. Farhat ,
C. Mhiri  and
J. Aloulou
N. Messedi*
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Department B, Hedi Chaker Hospital Sfax, Tunisia
E. Fakhfakh
Affiliation:
neurology department, Hbib Bourguiba Hospital Sfax, Tunisia, Sfax, Tunisia
S. Kolsi
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Department B, Hedi Chaker Hospital Sfax, Tunisia
I. Chaari
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Department B, Hedi Chaker Hospital Sfax, Tunisia
F. Charfeddine
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Department B, Hedi Chaker Hospital Sfax, Tunisia
L. Aribi
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Department B, Hedi Chaker Hospital Sfax, Tunisia
N. Farhat
Affiliation:
neurology department, Hbib Bourguiba Hospital Sfax, Tunisia, Sfax, Tunisia
C. Mhiri
Affiliation:
neurology department, Hbib Bourguiba Hospital Sfax, Tunisia, Sfax, Tunisia
J. Aloulou
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Department B, Hedi Chaker Hospital Sfax, Tunisia
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Several psychiatric signs are part of non-motor signs of parkinson’s disease (PD), including alexithymia.

Objectives

The objective of this study is to determine the frequency of alexithymia in patients with PD and to study factors associated with it.

Methods

Descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study collected from patients followed at the neurology consultation of Habib Bourguiba’s University Hospital in Sfax, Tunisia. We used:

  • - A sociodemographic, clinicaland therapeutic datasheetincludingthe Hoehn and Yahr motor scalefor the staging of the functional disability associated with PD

  • - The Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) with a cutoff score = 61

Results

We recruited 47 patients. The average age was 61.47 years with a sex ratio (M/W) = 1.47. The average age of onset of the disease was 51.97 years. Sleep disorders were present in 51.1% of cases.41 patients (87.23%) were treated with dopa therapy. An Hoehn and Yahr stage ≥ 3 was found in 25.5% of patients.

TAS: The mean score was 47.38 and alexithymia frequency was 19.1%.

Alexithymia was statistically correlated with the presence of sleep disorders (P=0.023) and with an Hoehn and Yahr stage ≥ 3 (p=0.039).The occurrence of alexithymia was not significantly associated with taking dopatherapy (P= 0.31).

Conclusions

Alexithymia has been quite frequent in patients with PD and associated with motor gravityand sleep disorders. It is considered as a non-motor symptom of the disease that needs to be treated promptly.

Disclosure of Interest

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European Psychiatry , Volume 66 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 31st European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2023 , pp. S958 - S959
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