Panic disorder and health-related quality of life: The predictive roles of anxiety sensitivity and trait anxiety

Abstract Panic disorder (PD) is a very common anxiety disorder and is often a chronic disabling condition. However, little is known about the factors that predict health-related quality of life (HRQOL) other than sociodemographic factors and illness-related symptomatology that explain HRQOL in only...

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Published in:Psychiatry research 2015-01, Vol.225 (1), p.157-163
Main Authors: Kang, Eun-Ho, Kim, Borah, Choe, Ah Young, Lee, Jun-Yeob, Choi, Tai Kiu, Lee, Sang-Hyuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Agoraphobia - diagnosis
Agoraphobia - psychology
Anxiety - diagnosis
Anxiety - psychology
Anxiety Disorders - diagnosis
Anxiety Disorders - psychology
Anxiety sensitivity
Character
Female
Health-related quality of life
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Panic disorder
Panic Disorder - diagnosis
Panic Disorder - psychology
Psychiatry
Psychometrics - statistics & numerical data
Quality of Life - psychology
Reference Values
Surveys and Questionnaires
Trait anxiety
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Summary:Abstract Panic disorder (PD) is a very common anxiety disorder and is often a chronic disabling condition. However, little is known about the factors that predict health-related quality of life (HRQOL) other than sociodemographic factors and illness-related symptomatology that explain HRQOL in only small to modest degrees. This study explored whether anxiety-related individual traits including anxiety sensitivity and trait anxiety can predict independently HRQOL in panic patients. Patients with panic disorder with or without agoraphobia ( N =230) who met the diagnostic criteria in the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV were recruited. Stepwise regression analysis was performed to determine the factors that predict HRQOL in panic disorder. HRQOL was assessed by the 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36). Anxiety sensitivity was an independent predictor of bodily pain and social functioning whereas trait anxiety independently predicted all of the eight domains of the SF-36. Our data suggests that the assessment of symptomatology as well as individual anxiety-related trait should be included in the evaluation of HRQOL in panic patients.
ISSN:0165-1781
1872-7123
DOI:10.1016/j.psychres.2014.10.029