The psychological defensive profile of primary Sjogren's syndrome patients and its relationship to health-related quality of life
| dc.contributor.author | Hyphantis, T. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Mantis, D. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Voulgari, P. V. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Tsifetaki, N. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Drosos, A. A. | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-24T19:33:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-11-24T19:33:37Z | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0392-856X | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/23554 | |
| dc.rights | Default Licence | - |
| dc.subject | Adult | en |
| dc.subject | Aged | en |
| dc.subject | Case-Control Studies | en |
| dc.subject | Cross-Sectional Studies | en |
| dc.subject | Female | en |
| dc.subject | Health Status | en |
| dc.subject | Hostility | en |
| dc.subject | Humans | en |
| dc.subject | Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/psychology | en |
| dc.subject | Male | en |
| dc.subject | Middle Aged | en |
| dc.subject | Quality of Life | en |
| dc.subject | Sickness Impact Profile | en |
| dc.subject | Sjogren's Syndrome/ psychology | en |
| dc.subject | Stress, Psychological/psychology | en |
| dc.title | The psychological defensive profile of primary Sjogren's syndrome patients and its relationship to health-related quality of life | en |
| heal.abstract | OBJECTIVES: We aimed to assess the defensive profile of primary Sjogren's syndrome (SS) patients and to investigate the independent associations of psychological distress and personality variables with health-related quality of life (HRQOL). METHODS: In 40 primary SS patients we assessed psychological distress (SCL-90-R), ego defense mechanisms (Defense Style Questionnaire), hostility features (HDHQ) and HRQOL (WHOQOL-BREF). Fifty-six patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosous (SLE) and 80 healthy participants matched for age and sex served as controls. RESULTS: Primary SS patients presented higher rates of general psychological distress compared to SLE and healthy participants. Symptoms of somatisation were more prominent in SS than SLE or healthy controls. SS patients presented less use of humour defense and more help-rejecting complains and delusional guilt hostility, compared to controls. Primary SS patients' HRQOL was more impaired than healthy participants and comparable to SLE. Psychological distress was a constant independent correlate of SS patients' HRQOL, while less use of humour (p<0.001) and higher rates of delusional guilt (p=0.032) were also significantly associated with Physical HRQOL independently of psychological distress; more use of schizoid fantasy was also independently associated with impaired Environment HRQOL (p=0.005). CONCLUSIONS: Primary SS patients exhibit several specific psychological difficulties in adaptation to life stressors, and clinicians and consultation-liaison psychiatrists, apart from the early assessment and treatment of psychological distress and somatisation symptoms, should consider the patients' underlying defensive profile and coping capacities, since such personality traits, although usually underestimated, are also independently associated with the disease outcome. | en |
| heal.access | campus | - |
| heal.fullTextAvailability | TRUE | - |
| heal.journalName | Clin Exp Rheumatol | en |
| heal.journalType | peer-reviewed | - |
| heal.language | en | - |
| heal.publicationDate | 2011 | - |
| heal.recordProvider | Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικής | el |
| heal.type | journalArticle | - |
| heal.type.el | Άρθρο Περιοδικού | el |
| heal.type.en | Journal article | en |
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