King Anna Lucia Spear, Valença Alexandre Martins, Silva Adriana Cardoso, Sancassiani Federica, Machado Sergio, Nardi Antonio Egidio
Laboratory of Panic and Respiration, Institute of Psychiatry of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IPUB/UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; National Institute for Translational Medicine (INCT-TM), Brazil;
Health psychologist. Psychotherapist. Researcher at Department of Public Health, Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University of Cagliari, Italy;
Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health. 2014 Feb 21;10:28-35. doi: 10.2174/1745017901410010028. eCollection 2014.
Panic disorder refers to the frequent and recurring acute attacks of anxiety.
This study describes the routine use of mobiles phones (MPs) and investigates the appearance of possible emotional alterations or symptoms related to their use in patients with panic disorder (PD).
We compared patients with PD and agoraphobia being treated at the Panic and Respiration Laboratory of The Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to a control group of healthy volunteers.
An MP-use questionnaire was administered to a consecutive sample of 50 patients and 70 controls.
People with PD showed significant increases in anxiety, tachycardia, respiratory alterations, trembling, perspiration, panic, fear and depression related to the lack of an MP compared to the control group.
Both groups exhibited dependence on and were comforted by having an MP; however, people with PD and agoraphobia showed significantly more emotional alterations as well as intense physical and psychological symptoms when they were apart from or unable to use an MP compared to healthy volunteers.
惊恐障碍指频繁反复出现的急性焦虑发作。
本研究描述手机的日常使用情况,并调查惊恐障碍(PD)患者使用手机时可能出现的情绪变化或相关症状。
我们将在巴西里约热内卢联邦大学精神病学研究所惊恐与呼吸实验室接受治疗的惊恐障碍和广场恐惧症患者与健康志愿者对照组进行比较。
对连续抽取的50例患者和70例对照者进行手机使用问卷调查。
与对照组相比,惊恐障碍患者在没有手机时焦虑、心动过速、呼吸改变、颤抖、出汗、惊恐、恐惧和抑郁显著增加。
两组都对手机有依赖且因拥有手机而感到安慰;然而,与健康志愿者相比,惊恐障碍和广场恐惧症患者在远离手机或无法使用手机时,情绪变化以及身体和心理症状更为明显。