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Alexithymia and Attachment Style in Patients With Somatic Symptoms

Recruitingn/aAges 11 Years - 17 YearsAllMeyer Children's Hospital IRCCS
NCT05666921 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

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.

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Clinical condition characterized by somatic symptoms such as recurrent abdominal pain, recurrent vomiting, dyspepsia, psychogenic cough, and chronic functional pain (headache, migraine, musculoskeletal pain) for which an organic cause has been excluded and whose symptom has had a strong impact on the quality of life (presence of the symptom for six months, school absenteeism, social isolation, immobility, psychological distress, difficulty in participating in sports and extracurricular activities, etc.), as per Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) criteria. * Age between 11 and 17 years * Italian speaking * Patients' and parents' consent Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitive and/or developmental impairment * Difficulty in understanding the Italian language * Presence of organic disease diagnosis * Lack of informed consent * Patient who does not meet DSM-5 criteria for somatic symptom disorder Caregiver exclusion criteria: * Cognitive deficits * Difficulty in understanding the Italian language * Lack of informed consent Control group population inclusion criteria: * Age between 11 and 17 years * Adequate knowledge of the Italian language * Consent to participate
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What it tests

  • psychological assessment
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Where

2 sites
Meyer Children's Hospital
Florence, Italy
IRCCS Gianna Gaslini
Genova, Italy
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