Diurnal panic attacks with and without nocturnal panic attacks: are there some phenomenological differences?

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Fabiana L Lopes²  Antonio E Nardi²  Isabella Nascimento²  Alexandre M Valença²  Marco A Mezzasalma²  Rafael C Freire²  Walter A Zin¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Institute of Psychiatry Panic and Respiration Laboratory), Rio de Janeiro RJ ,Brazil

关键词: Panic disorder;    Sleep disorders;    Psychiatric status rating scales;    Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity;    Nortriptyline;    Cognition;    Personality inventory;    Transtornos de pânico;    Transtornos do sono;    Escalas de graduação psiquiátrica;    Transtorno da falta de atenção com hiperatividade;    Nortriptilina;    Cognição;    Inventário de personalidade;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-44462005000300010

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: To compare nocturnal and diurnal panic attacks in a cross-sectional study and in a longitudinal prospective short-term follow-up. METHODS: We selected 57 panic disorder (PD) subjects (DSM-IV) and rated them with the Panic Disorder Severity Scale (PDSS) at baseline and after 30 days of treatment with nortriptyline, and with the Eysenck Personality Inventory and the Brown Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Scale at baseline. RESULTS: The sample was divided into a nocturnal and diurnal panic attack (NDPA) group - 57.9% (n = 33) - and a diurnal panic attack (DPA) group - 42.1% (n = 24). The groups showed a similar mean age at onset of PD and a pattern of prominent respiratory symptoms. The PDSS did not differ between the groups following short-term treatment (p = 0.451). There were also neither significant differences in Neuroticism (p = 0.094) and Extroversion (p = 0.269) nor in the Brown ADD Scale (p = 0.527). CONCLUSION: In our study, patients with both nocturnal and diurnal panic attacks showed similar features in their phenomenology and short-term outcome when compared to pure diurnal panic attacks patients.

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