Effects of alexithymia on disability acceptance among uremia patients / 中华护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the current situation of disability acceptance and alexithymia among uremia patients,and to explore the effects of alexithymia on disability acceptance.Methods Totally 342 uremia patients were recruited by convenience sampling method.Patients were investigated with general information questionnaire,Acceptance of Disability Scale (ADS) and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20).Results The mean scores of disability acceptance and alexithymia were 180.45±26.93 and 52.35±8.24,respectively.The affective disorder of recognition,affective disorder of description and extroverted thinking were significantly negatively correlated with each dimension of disability acceptance(P＜0.05).Multiple linear regression analysis showed that alexithymia,gender and course of disease were influencing factors of disability acceptance for uremia patients(P＜0.05).Conclusion The level of disability acceptance was in the medium level among uremia patients,and alexithymia,gender and course of disease were its influencing factors.Nursing staff could take effective measures to ameliorate alexithymia and to improve the level of disability acceptance for uremia patients.