title: Symptoms of detachment from the self or from the environment in patients with an acquired deficiency of the special senses.
abstract: To compare the frequency of symptoms of detachment from the self or from the environment (DD) in patients with an acquired deficiency of the special senses, a questionnaire for DD symptoms [12] and the GHQ12 questionnaire for common mental disorders [16] were auto-administered to patients with hearing-loss (N = 40), peripheral vestibular disease (N = 40) or bilateral retinal disease (N = 40), and to 80 healthy subjects. Patients with retinal disease and patients with vestibular disease reported DD symptoms more frequently & severe than patients with hearing loss and healthy subjects. DD scores were related to the GHQ12 scores and to the type of sensory dysfunction. DD symptoms are more frequent & severe in patients with an acquired deficiency of the special senses, associated to symptoms of common mental disorders.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Investigación Médica en Otoneurología, CMNsXXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México D.F. kjauren@mx.inter.net
authors.forename: Kathrine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jáuregui-Renaud
authors.forename: Verónica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramos-Toledo
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aguilar-Bolaños
authors.forename: Bertha
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Montaño-Velázquez
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pliego-Maldonado
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003861:Depersonalization / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012678:Sensation Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012933:Social Identification; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult