Hou Lijun, Lei Xiaoguang
Department of Neurology, Qujing Second People's Hospital, Qujing, China.
Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Front Psychiatry. 2023 Feb 6;14:1051290. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1051290. eCollection 2023.
To study the risk factors of social anxiety (SA) in essential tremor (ET) patients.
Motor, cognition, and SA were evaluated using the Fahn-Tolosa-Marin Tremor Rating Scale (FTMTRS), Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), and Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) for each subject. The potential risk factors of SA in ET were analyzed using univariate analysis.
A total of 80 ET patients and 85 healthy controls completed the evaluation. The LSAS evaluation showed that the prevalence of SA in the ET group was 48.8%, higher than that in controls (12.9%, < 0.001). Female ( = 4.959, = 0.014), younger age ( = 4.172, = 0.037), and head tremor ( = 4.707, = 0.025) were risk factors of SA among ET patients.
SA is prevalent in patients with ET. Risk factors, such as female sex, age, and head tremor, should be considered for the prevention and intervention of SA in ET patients.
研究特发性震颤(ET)患者社交焦虑(SA)的危险因素。
使用法恩-托洛萨-马林震颤评定量表(FTMTRS)、简易精神状态检查表(MMSE)和莱博维茨社交焦虑量表(LSAS)对每位受试者的运动、认知和社交焦虑情况进行评估。采用单因素分析ET患者社交焦虑的潜在危险因素。
共有80例ET患者和85例健康对照完成评估。LSAS评估显示,ET组社交焦虑患病率为48.8%,高于对照组(12.9%,P<0.001)。女性(P=4.959,P=0.014)、年龄较小(P=4.172,P=0.037)和头部震颤(P=4.707,P=0.025)是ET患者社交焦虑的危险因素。
社交焦虑在ET患者中普遍存在。在预防和干预ET患者社交焦虑时,应考虑女性、年龄和头部震颤等危险因素。