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Panic Disorder, Palpitations, and the Awareness of Cardiac Activity
Abstract
One hundred forty-five consecutive patients referred for ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring for the evaluation of palpitations were studied just before monitoring. They were compared with 75 asymptomatic, nonpatient volunteers. The research battery included a structured diagnostic interview, self-report questionnaires, and perceptual tasks measuring awareness of cardiac activity. After monitoring, symptom reports were compared with concurrent electrocardiographic recordings to determine their accuracy. Forty palpitation patients (27.6%) had DSM-III-R lifetime panic disorder, and 27 (18.6%) had current (1-month) panic disorder. Panic patients were significantly more likely to describe their palpitations as "racing" or "pounding" and to have been awakened from sleep by them. They did not have more cardiac arrhythmias during 24-hour, electrocardiographic monitoring, and their symptom reports were significantly less likely to be due to demonstrable cardiac irregularities. They were not more accurately aware of resting heartbeat than nonpanic palpitation patients. They did score higher on self-report measures of somatization, hypochondriasis, and bodily amplification.
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“Psychosomatic disorders that are most frequently associated with palpitations include anxiety, panic attacks, depression, and somatization, which can either induce sinus tachycardia or modify the patient's subjective perception of a heartbeat that is otherwise normal or presents minimal irregularities.20 -23”
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“According to the case records, the prevalence of anxiety syndrome and panic attacks in patients with palpitations ranges from 15% to 31%.20 -22”
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- Authors
- BARSKY, A. J., CLEARY, P. D., SARNIE, M. K., & RUSKIN, J. N.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Venue
- The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
- Published
- 1994-02
- Volume
- 182
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 63-71
- ISSN
- 0022-3018 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2045041052
- Cited by
- 135
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5r01hl043216-08)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL 43216)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- panic disorder, palpitations, heartbeat perception, cardiac arrhythmias, symptom validity, somatization, health anxiety, Holter monitoring
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Arrhythmias, Cardiac, Awareness, Echocardiography, Exercise Test, Female, Heart, Heart Rate, Humans, Hypochondriasis, Male, Middle Aged, Personality Inventory, Sensation, Somatoform Disorders, Electrocardiography, Ambulatory, Panic Disorder
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