Impulsivity and ankylosing spondylitis : Is there a relationship?

OBJECTIVES: This study aims to evaluate psychological disorders such as impulsivity, alexithymia, depression, and anxiety and to analyze the relationship between psychiatric disorders and disease activity, fatigue and quality of life in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between May 2016 and January 2017, a total of 70 AS patients (30 females, 40 males; mean age 42.9±10.5 years; range, 22 to 70 years) and 56 healthy controls (27 females; 29 males; mean age 44.8±13.0 years; range, 21 to 70 years) were included. Demographic characteristic, laboratory analyses, disease activity, quality of life, functionality, fatigue, and psychological disorders were assessed. The Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS), Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI), Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index (BASMI), Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) and Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life (ASQOL), Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), Eating Attitude Test (EAT), and Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 (BIS-11) were used. Significant predictors for anxiety, depression and impulsiveness were evaluated using multivariate analyses.

RESULTS: The BDI (13.88±8.99; 9.78±8.34), BAI (14.58±10.02; 10.53±8.99), and non-planning impulsivity (26.00±4.57; 24.28±3.77) scores were higher in the AS group than controls (p=0.01; p=0.01; p=0.02 respectively). Non-planning impulsivity was correlated with fatigue, social isolation, and depression (p=0.03; p=0.01; p=0.01 respectively). Multivariate analyses showed that fatigue scores were positively associated with non- planning impulsiveness.

CONCLUSION: Impulsivity may be one of the psychiatric disorders associated with AS, such as the more commonly known anxiety and depression. Fatigue is considered as a critical target for increased impulsivity.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:65

Enthalten in:

Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation - 65(2019), 1 vom: 09. März, Seite 51-58

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yurdakul, Fatma Gül [VerfasserIn]
Garip Çimen, Yeşim [VerfasserIn]
Koçak Ulucaköy, Rezan [VerfasserIn]
Almaz, Şahide Eda [VerfasserIn]
Çalışkan Uçkun, Aslı [VerfasserIn]
Bodur, Hatice [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Ankylosing spondylitis
Fatigue
Impulsiveness
Journal Article
Psychiatric disorders

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Date Revised 10.04.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.5606/tftrd.2019.2580

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM300946309