Authors
Jan Entrup, Simon Mautner, Christoph Kamm, Christoph Berger, René Reese, Carsten Spitzer
Published in
Zeitschrift fur Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie. Volume 72. Issue 2. Pages 189-199.
Abstract
Growing evidence suggests that psychosocial factors, particularly stress, contribute to the complex pathophysiology of cervical dystonia (CD). However, childhood maltreatment (CM) has not yet been investigated in CD. Thus, this case-control study explored whether CD is associated with CM.Thirty-eight patients with definite CD and 37 age- and sex-matched controls completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ).
CD patients in the present sample reported higher, but non-significant scores on all CTQ subscales apart from physical abuse than the control group. There were no significant associations between CM and CD severity, age at onset or tremor in this sample, except between sexual abuse and age at CD onset.
Our findings suggest that CM does not represent an important psychosocial factor involved in the pathophysiology of CD. However, the small sample size and the singlecenter study design limit the interpretability of the results.
PMID:
42429003
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