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Clinical Characteristics of Female Panic Disorder Patients with Abortion History  

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)
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Korean Journal of Biological Psychiatry / v.26, no.2, 2019 , pp. 65-70 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Panic disorder; Induced abortion; Anxiety sensitivity; Neuroticism;
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