Alexithymia, Asthma, Emotional Disorder
Conditions
Brief summary
The objective of the study is to determine whether poor control of asthma is related to an emotional deficit such as alexithymia. The hypothesis is that there is a correlation between the severity of asthma, its control, and the degree of emotional deficits.
Interventions
OTHERInterview and tests of drawing.
The intervention will take place with patients followed for asthma at the Croix Rousse hospital. Patients agreeing to participate in the study will come to the hospital for one hour and a half. They will answer questionnaires and tests of drawing. Results Restitution Session (optional) is proposed to patients within the next 4 weeks during a routine consultation.
Sponsors
Hospices Civils de Lyon
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Men and women (\> 18 years). * Asthma (mild, moderate, severe). * Beneficiary of social security
Exclusion criteria
* Pregnant women * Patients who oppose their participation in the study * Multiple drug users (psychoactive substances). * Patients with severe psychiatric antecedents and comorbidities. * Patients with cancer * Patients with cognitive impairment * Patients with speech, hearing, visual, and praxic disorders. * Any chronic and especially respiratory pathology other than asthma (COPD, bronchiectasis), which can alter the study. * Patients not speaking French * Persons protected by law
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Poor control of asthma | During routine visit (one hour and a half) | The poor asthma control is defined by a score \<20 on the ACT test |
| Emotional deficit such as alexithymia | During routine visit (one hour and a half) | Defined by a score ≥ 44 points/100 on the Toronto scale |
| Emotional deficit indicator traces | During routine visit (one hour and a half) | Identifying indicator traces of emotional deficits according to the dimensions defining the alexithymia on the test of the tree and the drawing of the person |
| Depression | During routine visit (one hour and a half) | Defined by a score ≥ 11 points on the HADS scale |
| Anxiety | During routine visit (one hour and a half) | Defined by a score ≥ 11 points on the HADS scale |
| Emotional valences | During routine visit (one hour and a half) | Defined by 8 scores distinct on Diener's subjective well-being scale |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed