Emotional Ability and Skin-restricted Lupus Evolution: A Longitudinal Study.

Emotional Ability and Skin-restricted Lupus Evolution: A Longitudinal Study.
Acta Derm Venereol. 2019 Mar 05;:
Authors: Jalenques I, Rondepierre F, Mulliez A, D'Incan M, Consoli SM
Abstract
Impaired emotional abilities (higher scores of alexithymia and lower levels of emotional awareness) were found in patients with skin-restricted lupus, warranting examination of the relationship between these abilities and the evolution of skin-restricted lupus, using longitudinal data. A total of 75 consecutive outpatients with skin-restricted lupus were recruited and assessed by a dermatologist and a psychiatrist every 6 months over a period of 2.5 years. Alexithymia and emotional awareness were evaluated with the French versions of the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and the Levels of Emotional Awareness Scale (LEAS). During follow-up, good stability of the LEAS scores was observed, whereas TAS-20 scores varied; those variations were positively associated both with lupus duration and current psychiatric and personality disorders, but not with lupus remission. Such findings regarding 2 complementary aspects of emotional functioning are of direct interest for the management of patients with skin-restricted lupus.
PMID: 30834455 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Acta Dermato-Venereologica - March 4, 2019 Category: Dermatology Authors: Jalenques I, Rondepierre F, Mulliez A, D'Incan M, Consoli SM Tags: Acta Derm Venereol Source Type: research