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Alexithymia and Attachment Style in Patients With Somatic Symptoms

Somatic Symptom Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:
Somatic Symptoms, Alexithymia and Styles of Attachment: a Cross-sectional Study

Clinical Trial Summary

To evaluate whether emotional awareness, attachment style and the ability to abstract and symbolize (IQ) influence the appearance of somatic symptoms. Hypothesis: the investigators expect the presence of somatic symptoms linked to the lower ability of emotional awareness, to lower ability to abstract and symbolize and to an insecure attachment style.

Clinical Trial Description

Somatic Symptom Disorder (eg pain, weakness, chronic fatigue) represents one of the main reasons why patients seek specialist medical advice. Although the symptoms often manifest themselves in a disabling form and there are numerous medical examinations to which patients undergo, these do not seem to find an organic confirmation to their problem and consequently the patients do not receive a specific diagnosis. These are usually transient symptoms but it can happen that they become persistent and chronic, going to constitute themselves as real somatic syndromes. The study investigates the psychological and family aspects that seem to characterize somatic and chronic pain symptoms in pediatric age. In addition to this objective, the study aims to quantify the health costs incurred in the diagnostic phase prior to the classification of the somatic symptom. These elements would make it possible to achieve greater knowledge of clinical pictures and the identification of useful markers for the clinician to make early diagnoses and guide patients in a global and timely care. ;

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Clinical Trial Details
NCT number NCT05666921
Study type Observational
Source Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS
Contact Rosanna Martin, MSc
Phone 055 5662475
Email rosanna.martin@meyer.it
Status Recruiting
Phase
Start date June 15, 2021
Completion date November 1, 2024
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