Anxiety disorders in patients with noncardiac chest pain: association with health-related quality of life and chest pain severity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with noncardiac chest pain (NCCP) report more severe symptoms and lowered health-related quality of life when they present with comorbid panic disorder (PD). Although generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is the second most common psychiatric disorder in these patients, its impact on NCCP and health-related quality of life remains understudied. This study describes and prospectively compares patients with NCCP with or without PD or GAD in terms of (1) NCCP severity; and (2) the physical and mental components of health-related quality of life.

Methods

A total of 915 patients with NCCP were consecutively recruited in two emergency departments. The presence of comorbid PD or GAD was assessed at baseline with the Anxiety Disorder Schedule for DSM-IV. NCCP severi

SUBMITTER: Hamel S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8751105 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature