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Fırat Tıp Dergisi
2017, Cilt 22, Sayı 4, Sayfa(lar) 181-186
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Alexithymia Among Women Over Sixtyfive
Çağla YİĞİTBAŞ
Giresun Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Halk Sağlığı Anabilim Dalı, Giresun, Türkiye

Objective: Alexithymia in old age is a significant concept that can affect the health conditions and social lives of people. The aim of this study is to evaluate the characteristics of alexithymia that the women elderly, over 65 years, living in Gümüşhane city centre, suffer from.

Material and Method: The study is crosssectional and data were collected by voluntary contributions Sampling was performed with a questionnaire, involving the Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (TAS-20), in face to face interviews. Results were evaluated using a statistical sofware program.

Results: The average age of the elderly enrolled in the study is 73.96±6.77. Their TAS-20 average score is 50.28±9.51. It was determined that general-physical-mental-emotional and social health levels boost, of having bad correlating with relatives, not to participate in decisions taken in the family, do not have any chronic diseases and disability and do not have inability to personal care the average scores TAS-20 (p<0.05). The total alexithymia scores of those who have been exposed to any kind of violence throughout their lives and those who cannot express themselves or partly able to do this within the family were higher than the scores of those who were not exposed to violence and those who have no problems in expressing themselves.

Conclusion: The alexithymia scores were below the scale average. Rehabilitive studies aimed at the factors that affect the alexithymia in the elderly should be planned and implemented.


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