A Validation Study of Korean Albany Panic and Phobia Questionnaire(APPQ).
- Author:
Ji Hae KIM
1
;
Jong Chul YANG
;
Jung Bum KIM
;
Ki Young LIM
;
So Young LEE
;
Bum Hee YU
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Validation Studies
- Keywords:
Panic disorder;
Agoraphobia;
Interoceptive fear
- MeSH:
Agoraphobia;
Humans;
Panic Disorder;
Panic*;
Phobic Disorders*;
Psychometrics;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Reproducibility of Results;
Sensation
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
2004;43(3):329-336
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: The Albany Panic and Phobia Questionnaire (APPQ) was developed to assess fear of activities that may elicit physical sensation in panic patients. There are three subscales (Agoraphobia, Social phobia, and Interoceptive fear) in the scale. The present study was conducted to determine the validity and reliability of APPQ in Korean population. METHODS: One hundred thirty five panic patients and 135 community samples and were enrolled in this study. All subjects completed a psychometric assessment package which included APPQ, ASI-R, ACQ, BSQ, BAI, BDI. RESULTS: 1) APPQ showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha=.95) and high test-retest reliabilities (r=.77). 2) APPQ showed moderate correlations with ASI-R (r=.67), ACQ (r=.67), BSQ (r=.59) and BAI (r=.64). 3) An exploratory factor analysis revealed 3 factors (Agoraphobia, Social Phobia and Intorceptive fear). 4) Panic patients (with or without agoraphobia) had significantly higher sores of the APPQ interoceptive subscale than the community samples (F(2,27)=24.27, p<.001). CONCLUSION: We found that APPQ and its 3 subscales carry valuable internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and convergent and construct validity. These results suggest that APPQ is a reliable and valid instrument to assess patients with panic disorder.
