Affiliations: [a] Unidad de Investigación Médica en Otoneurología, CMNsXXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México D.F. | [b] Departamento de Audiología y Otoneurología, HG CMN La Raza, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México D.F. | [c] Departamentos de Audiología y Otoneurología y de Oftalmología HE CMN sXXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México D.F.
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Corresponding author: Kathrine Jáuregui-Renaud MD, MSc, DSc, Unidad de Investigación Médica en Otoneurología, Planta baja del Edificio C-Salud en el Trabajo, Centro Médico Nacional siglo XXI, IMSS, Av. Cuauhtémoc 330, Colonia Doctores, CP 06720, México D.F. E-mail: kjauren@mx.inter.net
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.
