Conference paper

IMPULSIVITY AND PANIC DISORDER: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF PSYCHOMETRIC CORRELATES

Katarzyna Jakuszkowiak-Wojten ; Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
Jerzy Landowski ; Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
Mariusz S. Wiglusz ; Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
Wiesław Jerzy Cubała ; Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland

Abstract

Background: Impulsivity is associated with a wide variety of psychiatric disorders. However, the relationship between anxiety
and impulsivity is not well explored. The objective of this study was to examine whether anxiety symptoms correlate with impulsivity
in patients with panic disorder.
Subjects and methods: We examined 21 psychotropic drug-naïve patients with panic disorder recruited from the outpatient
setting. The severity of Panic Disorder was assessed with Panic and Agoraphobia Scale (PAS)-clinical rating version. Impulsivity
was evaluated with Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, 11th version (BIS-11).
Results: Our findings indicate the correlation between specific dimensions of impulsivity and selected subscales of Panic and
Agoraphobia Scale. The positive correlation between attentional and non-planning dimensions of impulsivity, ‘disability’ and
‘worries about health’ in drug-naïve patients with PD was observed.
Conclusions: The findings corroborate with the prior reports of higher impulsivity trait among patients with anxiety disorders.

Keywords

panic disorder; impulsivity; anxiety; BIS-11; Panic and Agoraphobia Scale

Hrčak ID:

264589

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/264589

Publication date:

8.9.2015.

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