Comparative analysis of emotional factors in patients with somatic symptom disorder and panic disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study investigated the emotional symptom profiles and treatment responses in patients exhibiting overlapping physical symptoms to compare differences between Somatic Symptom Disorder (SSD) and Panic Disorder (PD).

Methods

Pharmacotherapy outcomes were analysed in 208 outpatients with SSD (n = 94) and PD (n = 114). Stepwise multivariable logistic regression identified predictors of treatment response, considering variables such as the Clinical Global Impression-Severity (CGI-S), Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory. Network analysis explored emotional patterns by estimating network structures for each group.

Results

The overall response rate to pharmacotherapy was 2

SUBMITTER: Park HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11938306 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature