Quality of life impairment in generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, and panic disorder
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Interest in the assessment of quality of life in the anxiety disorders is growing. The present study examined quality of life impairments in individuals with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), social phobia, and panic disorder. Results showed that individuals with these disorders reported less satisfaction with their quality of life than non-anxious adults in the community. However, the degree of quality of life impairment is similar across these three disorders. Additionally, comorbid depression, but not anxiety, was found to negatively impact quality of life in these individuals. Finally, diagnostic symptom severity was not found to influence quality of life, indicating that subjective measures of quality of life offer unique information on the effects of anxiety disorders.
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GAD involves persistent excessive worry, marked distress, and substantial functional impairment.
“GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER (GAD) is characterized by chronic and excessive worry (American Psychiatric Association, 2000), a high degree of subjective distress, and considerable functional impairment (Barrera & Norton, 2009).”
From A Pilot Study of Emotion Regulation Therapy for Generalized Anxiety and Depression: Findings From a Diverse Sample of Young Adults. (2018) · cites this paper as Barrera & Norton, 2009
The Discussion reports substantial quality-of-life impairment among treatment-seeking people with GAD, and the introductory passage reports impairment in work and social roles. The paper does not establish a high degree of subjective distress; its measure of subjective quality of life is not the same as distress. The citing sentence attributes chronic and excessive worry to a different source. (LLM, conf=0.83)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredIndividuals with various anxiety disorders have large deficits in quality of life compared to controls.
“Individuals with various anxiety disorders have been shown to have large deficits in quality of life compared to controls (Barrera & Norton, 2009)”
From Trajectories of change in well-being during cognitive behavioral therapies for anxiety disorders: Quantifying the impact and covariation with improvements in anxiety (2020) · cites this paper as Barrera & Norton, 2009
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- Authors
- Barrera, T. L., & Norton, P. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Houston (US)
- Corresponding author
- Norton, Peter J.
- ORCID
- Norton, Peter J.
- Venue
- Journal of Anxiety Disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-12
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1086-1090
- ISSN
- 0887-6185 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2782397
- OpenAlex
- W2041207469
- Cited by
- 308
- References
- 25
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- FWCI
- 14.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Anxiety Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (K01MH073920)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- quality of life, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, anxiety disorders, comorbid depression, symptom severity, subjective well-being
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Agoraphobia, Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Personality Inventory, Phobic Disorders, Psychometrics, Quality of Life, Comorbidity, Panic Disorder, Young Adult
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