Clinical Characteristics of Female Panic Disorder Patients with Abortion History
- Author:
Hye Jin HWANG
1
;
Jongsoo OH
;
Minji BANG
;
Eunsoo WON
;
Kang Soo LEE
;
Tai Kiu CHOI
;
Sang Hyuk LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Korea. leesanghyuk@yahoo.com
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Panic disorder;
Induced abortion;
Anxiety sensitivity;
Neuroticism
- MeSH:
Abortion, Induced;
Anxiety;
Depression;
Female;
Humans;
Panic Disorder;
Panic;
Phobic Disorders
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry
2019;26(2):65-70
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study is to investigate differences in clinical characteristics between female panic disorder (PD) patients with abortion history (PD+A) and without abortion history (PD−A).METHODS: We examined data from 341 female patients diagnosed with PD. We divided the patients with PD into PD+A (82 patients) and PD−A (259 patients) to compare demographic and clinical characteristics. The following instruments were applied : stress coping strategies, NEO-neuroticism, the Anxiety Sensitivity Index-Revised (ASI-R), the Albany Panic and Phobia Questionnaire (APPQ), the Beck Depression Inventory, the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and the Sheehan Disability Scale.RESULTS: Compared to the PD−A, the PD+A group showed no significant difference in coping strategies. However, significantly higher scores in neuroticism, the ASI-R, the APPQ and the BAI were observed. In terms of health-related disability, the PD+A group did not show significant difference.CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that the PD+A group may differ from the PD−A group in trait markers such as neuroticism and anxiety sensitivity, and abortion history may be associated with panic-related symptom severity. Our study suggests that further consideration is needed on such clinical characteristics in PD patients with abortion history.
