Goldberg R, Morris P, Christian F, Badger J, Chabot S, Edlund M
Department of Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903.
Psychosomatics. 1990 Spring;31(2):168-73. doi: 10.1016/S0033-3182(90)72190-1.
The prevalence of and nature of panic disorder were investigated in an ambulatory cardiology practice. Questionnaires about panic symptoms were mailed to 414 patients, and possible or definite panic disorder was found in 104 of the 310 respondents. Interviews with 52 of the 104 patients substantiated diagnoses of panic disorder, for a prevalence of 9.2% of the total sample population of 414. Comparison of patients grouped by duration of panic disorder revealed that long-duration panic disorder had its onset before age 30 and followed a chronic course. Short-duration panic disorder developed at an older age following the appearance of cardiac disease.
在一个门诊心脏病学诊所中，对惊恐障碍的患病率和性质进行了调查。关于惊恐症状的问卷被邮寄给414名患者，在310名受访者中有104人被发现可能患有或确诊为惊恐障碍。对这104名患者中的52人进行访谈，证实了惊恐障碍的诊断，在414名总样本人群中的患病率为9.2%。按惊恐障碍病程分组的患者比较显示，长期惊恐障碍在30岁之前发病，呈慢性病程。短期惊恐障碍在心脏病出现后于较晚年龄发病。
