Comparison of physical symptoms in people with low and high psychological distress Patients Disease

Subject Areas : Thoughts and Behavior in Clinical Psychology

Shahram Vaziri ¹ , Shoan Shaydayi Aghdam ² , Laya No0bakht ³ , Mansoureh Khalili ⁴ , Yashar Vaziri ⁵ , Roya Masumi ⁶ , Arash Vaziri ⁷

1 - Dept. Clinical psy, Roudehen branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Iran
2 - Dept. Psy, Ghorghan branch, Islamic Azad University, Ghorghan Iran
3 - Dept. Clinical psy, Roudehen branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Iran
4 - Dept. Clinical psy, Roudehen branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Iran
5 - Dept Medicine, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
6 - پارتمان روان شناسی ، واحد تهران مرکز، واحد رودهن، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، رودهن، ایران.
7 - Dept. Clinical psy, Roudehen branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Iran

Received: 2019-05-31 Accepted : 2019-05-31 Published : 2018-09-23

Keywords: Stress, Distress, Somatization,

Abstract :

Psychological distress may be deemed as a type of abnormality that is responsible for maladaptive thinking and behavior, and requires specialized intervention. In such conditions, the passion of life is reduced, and feeling of heartbreaking and disappointment is converted to a dominant governance. This research aims to compare the somatization syndrome in people with low and high psychological distress. For this purpose, in a cross-sectional research, thousands of the parents of students of Roudehen Branch were selected and assessed in terms of distress and somatization syndrome. Later, 28% of the highest and lowest distress scores were compared singly and as group with high and low distress with regards to somatization elements. The results of one-way analysis of variance indicated that two groups have significant difference with each other in somatization and its elements (physical pain, backache, pain in hands and arms, headache, chest pain, confusion, fainting, heartbeat, panting, pain or problem during sexual relationship, constipation, diarrhea, loose bowel, nausea, bloating, dyspepsia, fatigue and low energy, sleep problems). The findings demonstrate the high distress of patients infected with psychosomatic problems.