Losing trust in body sensations: Interoceptive awareness and depression symptom severity among primary care patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interoceptive dysfunction is emerging as an important biomarker for mental illnesses, such as depression which is a leading cause of disability and death worldwide. Little empirical research explains the relationship between interoception and depression.

Methods

Using multivariable linear regression models and cross-sectional baseline data from a randomized control trial of primary care patients (N = 281), we analyzed the relationship between depression severity (none/slight, mild, and moderate/severe via the PROMIS depression scale) and the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA) subscales (noticing, not distracting, not worrying, attention regulation, emotional awareness, selfregulation, body listening and trusting).

Results

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SUBMITTER: Dunne J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10398840 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature