Psychosocial Factors and Immunity of Patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder / 中国心理卫生杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To study psychosocial factors and immunity of patients with generalized anxiety disorder Method: 30 patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), 25 patients with neurotic depression and 32 normal controls were collected and assessed with LES (life event scale), SCSQ (simplified coping style questionnaire) and EPQ (Eysenck personality questionnaire) The blood level of IL-2, and rates of NK cell and CD3+ cell of them were also measured Result: The number of negative life events and LEU of negative life events of GAD group were higher that of normal controls, but lower than that of neurotic depression group Their total life events were also more than that of normal controls They had less positive coping than normal controls, more negative coping than both normal controls and patients with neurotic depression Their N score of EPQ was higher than that of normal control and had no significant different to that of patients with neurotic depression They also had higher levels of IL-2 than that of the other two groups There was no significant difference in rates of NK cell and CD3+ cell among all three groups The level of IL-2 was negatively correlated to the number of total life events and L score of EPQ, positively correlated to the rate of NK cell Conclusion: Patients with GAD have psychosocial stress in their life, they incline to negative coping, having unstable mood and impaired immune function Psychosocial stress has influence on immunity