Open AccessEMOTIONAL DISTRESS AS A RISK FA CTOR FOR CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN CLINICALLY HEALTHY MEN WITH ALEXITHYMIA
Author(s) -
А. И. Кодочигова,
Tatyana Bogdanova,
Diana Psanukova,
В. Ф. Киричук,
Mikhail Sinkeev,
Е. С. Оленко,
Malakh Dzheyranova,
Victoria Blinova,
Maxim Zankin,
V.K. Semenova
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
archiv euromedica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2199-885X
pISSN - 2193-3863
DOI - 10.35630/2199-885x/2021/11/4.19
Subject(s) - alexithymia , toronto alexithymia scale , anxiety , coronary heart disease , medicine , risk factor , distress , emotional distress , disease , framingham risk score , psychological distress , clinical psychology , psychology , cardiology , psychiatry
Objective: To identify emotional distress as a risk factor for development of coronary heart disease (CHD) in clinically healthy males with alexithymia. Materials and methods: We examined 89 clinically healthy males (mean age — 43.7 [39.0; 43.5] years) using Ch. Spielberger–Yu.Khanina tests, S. Subbotin and the Toronto Alexithymic Scale (TAS). Results: It was found that more than half of the respondents can be associated with alexithymia or they had its obvious clinical manifestations. As the severity of alexithymia increased, there was an increase in the levels of personal anxiety and a decrease in stress resistance that may increase the risk of developing coronary heart disease. Conclusion. Therefore, clinically healthy males with alexithymia of varying severity need psychological support to increase the effectiveness of primary prevention of CHD.