Key clinical point: Patients with relapse-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) have a high prevalence of alexithymia.
Major finding: Alexithymia was observed in about 29.55% of patients and borderline alexithymia was observed in 31.15% of patients; alexithymia positively correlated with anxiety and depression in patients with RRMS ( P less than .01).
Study details: The data come from a cross-sectional study that included 106 consecutively assessed adult patients with RRMS (74 female and 32 male patients).
Disclosures: The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
Citation: Stojanov J et al. J Postgrad Med. 2020 Jan 13. doi: 10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_499_19.