광장공포증 동반유무에 따른 공황장애의 임상적 차이 연구

The Clinical Differences between Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia and Panic Disorder without Agoraphobia

To investigate certain differences in sociodemographic chracteristics and clinical feature between panic disorder with agoraphobic patients and panic disorder without agoraphobic ones, this study was done. The subjects were 46 panic patients(27 were agoraphobic patients and 19 were without agoraphobic ones). Data was processed by computer using SAS program and was statisticaly analysed by Fisher’s exact test, t-test and W ilcoxon rank sum test The results were as follows : 1) Agoraphobic group had more family pathology than without agoraphobic group. 2) Agoraphobic group had more frequent panic attack episodes and more severe step of panic disorder than without agoraphobic group. 3) In both group, the most frequent manifestation of panic symptom was palpitation. 4) In comparison of two groups, the only symptom that were significantly different was dyspnea.