Prevalence of comorbid anxiety disorders in primary care outpatients.
Prevalence of comorbid anxiety disorders in primary care outpatients.
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初级保健门诊患者共病焦虑症的患病率。
DOI:
10.1001/archfami.5.1.27
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发表时间:
1996
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Wells,KB
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作者:
Sherbourne,CD;Jackson,CA;Meredith,LS;Camp,P;Wells,KB
Objective: To estimate the extent to which anxiety disorders (eg, panic disorder, phobia, and generalizedanxi-ety disorder [GAD]) co-occur in patientswith major medical and psychiatric conditions.Design: Observational study.Setting: Offices of primary care providers in three US cities, with mental health specialty providers included for comparative purposes.Patients: Adult patients (N= 2494) with hypertension, diabetes, heart disease (congestive heart failure or myocardial infarction), current depressive disorder, or subthreshold depression.Measures: Current (past 12 months) and lifetime panic disorder, phobia, GAD, perceivedneed for help for emo-tional or family problems, and unmet need (ie, failure to get help that was needed).Methods: Comparisons of the prevalence of anxiety comorbidity in medically ill nondepressed patients of primary care providers and in depressed patients of both primary care and mental health specialty providers.Results: Among primary care patients, those with chronic medical illnesses or subthreshold depressionhad low rates of lifetime (1.5% to 3.5%) and current (1.0% to 1.7%) panic disorder, but those with current depressive disorder had much higherrates (10.9% lifetime and 9.4% cur-rent panic disorder). Concurrent phobia and GAD were more common (10.4% to 12.4% current GAD), espe-cially among depressed patients (25% to 54% current GAD). Depending on the type of medical illness or de-pression, 14% to 66% ofprimary care patients had at least one concurrent anxiety disorder. Patient-perceived un-met need for care for personalor emotional problemswas high among all primary care patients (54.6% to 72.9%).Conclusion: Primary care clinicians should be aware of the possible coexistence of anxiety disorders (especially GAD) among their patients with chronic medical con-ditions, but especially among those with current depres-sive disorder.