Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry (생물정신의학)

The Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry (대한생물정신의학회)
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Clinical Characteristics of Female Panic Disorder Patients with Abortion History

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  • Hwang, Hye Jin (Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University) ;
  • Oh, Jongsoo (Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University) ;
  • Bang, Minji (Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University) ;
  • Won, Eunsoo (Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University) ;
  • Lee, Kang Soo (Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University) ;
  • Choi, Tai Kiu (Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Hyuk (Department of Psychiatry, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University)
  • 황혜진 (차의과학대학교 분당차병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 오종수 (차의과학대학교 분당차병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 방민지 (차의과학대학교 분당차병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 원은수 (차의과학대학교 분당차병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 이강수 (차의과학대학교 분당차병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 최태규 (차의과학대학교 분당차병원 정신건강의학과) ;
  • 이상혁 (차의과학대학교 분당차병원 정신건강의학과)
  • Received : 2019.05.22
  • Accepted : 2019.08.20
  • Published : 2019.10.31
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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.

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