Jakuszkowiak-Wojten Katarzyna, Landowski Jerzy, Wiglusz Mariusz S, Cubała Wiesław Jerzy
Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębinki 7 St. build. 25, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland.
Psychiatr Danub. 2015 Sep;27 Suppl 1:S456-8.
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.
We examined 21 psychotropic drug-naove 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).
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-naove patients with PD was observed.
The findings corroborate with the prior reports of higher impulsivity trait among patients with anxiety disorders.
冲动性与多种精神疾病相关。然而，焦虑与冲动性之间的关系尚未得到充分研究。本研究的目的是检验惊恐障碍患者的焦虑症状是否与冲动性相关。
我们检查了21名从门诊招募的未服用过精神药物的惊恐障碍患者。使用惊恐和场所恐惧症量表（PAS）临床评定版评估惊恐障碍的严重程度。使用第11版巴拉特冲动性量表（BIS-11）评估冲动性。
我们的研究结果表明冲动性的特定维度与惊恐和场所恐惧症量表的选定子量表之间存在相关性。在未服用过药物的惊恐障碍患者中，观察到冲动性的注意力和非计划性维度与“残疾”和“对健康的担忧”之间呈正相关。
这些发现与先前关于焦虑症患者中较高冲动性特质的报告一致。
