Aärelä E, Saarijärvi S, Salminen J K, Toikka T
Department of Psychiatry, Turku University Central Hospital, Finland.
Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 1997 May;19(3):229-33. doi: 10.1016/s0163-8343(97)89885-4.
A 1-year follow-up study on 54 general hospital psychiatric consultation outpatients was carried out in order to determine whether alexithymic features, measured by the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) are predictive of psychotherapy recommendations and whether alexithymia is associated with patients' compliance with these recommendations. Contrary to what we expected, the presence of alexithymic features predicted neither treatment recommendations nor compliance. Psychological distress as measured by the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) proved to be a better predictor.
对54名综合医院精神科门诊会诊患者进行了为期1年的随访研究，以确定用多伦多述情障碍量表（TAS）测量的述情障碍特征是否能预测心理治疗建议，以及述情障碍是否与患者对这些建议的依从性相关。与我们的预期相反，述情障碍特征的存在既不能预测治疗建议，也不能预测依从性。事实证明，用简明症状量表（BSI）测量的心理困扰是一个更好的预测指标。
