The Mediating Role of Alexithymia: Social Support and Depression among Colorectal Cancer Patients.
Hongyu ShiLi WangTing ZengYuewei LiHaiyan XuXin SuiRuitong GaoFeng LiPublished in: Computational and mathematical methods in medicine (2022)
To sum up, there is a correlation between depression, social support, and alexithymia in patients with CRC; alexithymia plays a partially intermediary role in the impact of social support on depression. Our findings remind clinicians to treat the depression of patients with CRC from multiple perspectives, such as by increasing social support and reducing alexithymia.