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KMID : 0605620190260020065
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Journal of Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry
2019 Volume.26 No. 2 p.65 ~ p.70
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Clinical Characteristics of Female Panic Disorder Patients with Abortion History
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Hwang Hye-Jin
Oh Jong-Soo
Bang Min-Ji
Won Eun-Soo
Lee Kang-Soo
Choi Tai-Kiu
Lee Sang-Hyuk
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Abstract
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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.
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KEYWORD
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Panic disorder, Induced abortion, Anxiety sensitivity, Neuroticism
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