Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics and clinical variables of patients with panic disorder at baseline
| Patients with panic disorder |
|
|---|---|
| N=152 | |
| Demographics | |
| Age (years) | 37.91±11.65 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 69 (45.4) |
| Female | 83 (54.6) |
| Level of education | |
| High school or less | 51 (33.6) |
| College or higher | 101 (66.4) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 84 (55.3) |
| Single | 68 (44.7) |
| Clinical variables | |
| Duration of illness (months) | 44.62±72.88 |
| Agoraphobia | |
| Yes | 120 (78.9) |
| No | 32 (21.1) |
| ETI (total sum) | |
| All subtypes | 4.88±4.00 |
| General subtype | 1.36±1.52 |
| Physical subtype | 1.89±1.64 |
| Emotional subtype | 1.29±1.68 |
| Sexual subtype | 0.35±0.87 |
| ASI (total sum) | 46.48±26.06 |
| PDSS (total sum) | 12.52±5.98 |
| BDI-II (total sum) | 15.67±9.74 |
| SSRIs (escitalopram equivalence dose) | 11.01±1.81 |
Values represent count (percent), mean±SD, and median (interquartile range). SD: standard deviation, ETI: Early Traumatic Inventory, ASI: Anxiety Sensitivity Inventory, PDSS: Panic Disorder Severity Scale, BDI: Beck Depression Inventory, SSRI: selective serotonin receptor inhibitor