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January 3, 2006
Patient Educ Couns. 2005 Dec 27; [Epub ahead of print]
Finset A, Graugaard PK, Holgersen K.
Department of Behavioural Sciences, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
OBJECTIVE: To explore if - and possibly how - a medical interview may affect adrenocortical activity in musculo-skeletal pain patients with and without alexithymia.
METHODS: Female patients (N=54) recruited from a patient organization for fibromyalgia completed the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and subgroups with, respectively, low and high scores were selected for participation. Seven physicians conducted consultations attempting to vary their communication in accordance with given guidelines.
All consultations were videotaped and analysed by The Roter Interaction Analysis System (RIAS) to evaluate the actual content of the consultations.
RESULTS: An increase in depressed affect from pre- to post-interview was associated with relatively high cortisol levels 24h after the consultation, but only in patients with alexithymia. Psychosocial questions from the physician were associated with increased depressed affect immediately following the interview, but not with cortisol responses at any time.
CONCLUSION: In patients with deficient affect regulation, increase in depressed affect after a medical interview may be associated with delayed effects in adrenocortical activity, possibly mediated by rumination.
PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Providers should be sensitive to potential deficits of affect regulation in their patients.
PMID: 16386400 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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