Panic disorder and exercise avoidance
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OBJECTIVES: 1) To identify whether patients with panic disorder in general and those with the respiratory subtype in particular actively avoid exercise; 2) to investigate physiological differences in cardiopulmonary function parameters in patients with panic disorder in general, patients with the respiratory subtype of panic disorder, and healthy controls upon exercise challenge. METHODS: Patients with panic disorder were classified as having either the respiratory or the non-respiratory subtype. Both groups were compared to controls in terms of exercise avoidance patterns and performance on cardiopulmonary exercise testing. RESULTS: Patients with panic disorder exhibited higher exercise avoidance scores and worse performance on cardiopulmonary exercise testing as compared with controls. No differences were found between patients with the respiratory and non-respiratory subtypes. CONCLUSIONS: Exercise avoidance is present in panic disorder and is associated with poorer performance on cardiopulmonary exercise testing. These findings are not limited to patients with the respiratory subtype of the disorder.
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Physical fitness, as measured using cardiopulmonary exercise test, has appeared to be poor in many patients with panic disorder.
“Physical fitness, as measured using cardiopulmonary exercise test, has appeared to be poor in many patients with PD [54, 55].”
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- Authors
- Muotri, R. W., & Bernik, M. A.
- Affiliations
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Corresponding author
- Muotri, Ricardo W.
- Venue
- Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria
- Publisher
- EDITORA SCIENTIFIC
- Published
- 2014-03
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 68-75
- ISSN
- 1516-4446 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2168566543
- Cited by
- 33
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 7.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
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- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
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- Americanae (AECID Library) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Keywords
- panic disorder, exercise avoidance, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, exercise performance, cardiopulmonary function, exercise challenge
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Analysis of Variance, Anxiety, Cardiovascular Diseases, Exercise Test, Female, Humans, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Reference Values, Respiration, Respiration Disorders, Risk Factors, Severity of Illness Index, Socioeconomic Factors, Case-Control Studies, Panic Disorder
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