Panic disorder in a breath-holding challenge test: a simple tool for a better diagnosis
Arq. neuropsiquiatr
;
61(3B): 718-722, Sept. 2003.
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em Inglês
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RESUMO
OBJECTIVE:
Our aim was to observe if anxiety disorder patients - DSM-IV - respond in a similar way to the induction of panic attacks by a breath-holding challenge test.METHOD:
We randomly selected 29 panic disorder (PD) patients, 27 social anxiety disorder (SAD) patients, 21 generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) patients. They were induced to breath-hold for as long as possible four times with two-minute interval between them. Anxiety scales were applied before and after the test.RESULTS:
A total of 44.8 percent (n=13) PD patients, 14.8 percent (n=4) SAD patients, 9.5 percent (n=2) GAD patients had a panic attack after the test (c²= 21.44, df= 2, p=0.001). There was no heart rate or anxiety levels difference among the groups before and after the test.CONCLUSION:
In this breath-holding challenge test the panic disorder patients were more sensitive than other anxiety disorder patients
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Índice:
LILACS (Américas)
Assunto principal:
Ansiedade
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Respiração
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Transtorno de Pânico
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
Limite:
Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Arq. neuropsiquiatr
Assunto da revista:
Neurologia
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Psiquiatria
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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Documento de projeto
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro/BR
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