Prevalence and Relationships between Alexithymia, Anhedonia, Depression and Anxiety during the Belgian Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdown
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15487348 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Farah Damerdji (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Marianne Rotsaert (0000-0003-1438-3906, Université Libre de Bruxelles), Benjamin Wacquier (0000-0002-5603-4600, Université Libre de Bruxelles), Matthieu Hein (0000-0003-4243-1653, Université Libre de Bruxelles), Gwenolé Loas (0000-0003-1719-916X, Université Libre de Bruxelles, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 22 |
| Pages | 15264-15264 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-18 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph192215264 |
| PMID | 36430003 |
| OpenAlex | W4309788005 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 39 |
Alexithymia and anhedonia are associated with psychiatric disorders, such as depression and anxiety. The COVID-19 pandemic lead to a significant deterioration in the mental health of the population. It is therefore important to examine the effects of lockdown on alexithymia and anhedonia and their relationships with anxiety and depression. We compared the scores and characteristics of 286 patients divided into two groups: one before lockdown (group 1, N = 127), the other during the progressive lockdown release (group 2, N = 159). The groups were homogeneous in terms of age, sex ratio, socio-professional categories, and somatic and psychiatric comorbidities. The groups were compared on the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) measuring alexithymia, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) measuring depression, the anhedonia subscale of the BDI-II measuring state-anhedonia and the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) measuring state and trait anxiety. The ratio of alexithymic subjects in group 1 is 22.83% to 33.33% in group 2 ( p -value = 0.034). This suggests a significant increase in the number of alexithymic patients after lockdown. We did not observe any difference in the proportion of depressed and anxious subjects before or after lockdown. Among the different scales, higher scores were only found on the cognitive factor of alexithymia on group 2 comparatively to group 1. This study indicates an increase in the proportion of alexithymic subjects following lockdown. Unexpectedly, this was unrelated to depression, anxiety or anhedonia levels, which remained stable. Further studies are needed to confirm this result and to evaluate precisely which factors related to the lockdown context are responsible for such an increase
Alexithymia · Anhedonia · Anxiety · Beck Anxiety Inventory · Beck Depression Inventory · Depression (economics · Population · Psychiatry · Schizophrenia (object-oriented programming · Toronto Alexithymia Scale · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 · Medicine · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |