The relationships between symptoms and quality of life over the course of cognitive-behavioral therapy for panic disorder in Japan

Sei Ogawa; Masaki Kondo; Jynya Okazaki; Risa Imai; Keiko Ino; Toshi A Furukawa; Tatsuo Akechi

doi:10.1111/appy.12249

The relationships between symptoms and quality of life over the course of cognitive-behavioral therapy for panic disorder in Japan

Asia Pac Psychiatry. 2017 Jun;9(2). doi: 10.1111/appy.12249. Epub 2016 Aug 1.

Authors

Sei Ogawa¹, Masaki Kondo¹, Jynya Okazaki¹, Risa Imai¹, Keiko Ino¹, Toshi A Furukawa², Tatsuo Akechi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Cognitive-Behavioral Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan.
² Department of Health Promotion and Human Behavior, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine/School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan.

PMID: 27481539
DOI: 10.1111/appy.12249

Abstract

Introduction: This study examined the relationships between changes in symptoms and changes in quality of life (QOL) during cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for panic disorder (PD).

Methods: We treated 198 PD patients with group CBT in Japan. Using multiple regression analysis, we examined the associations between changes in QOL and changes in PD symptoms or comorbid psychological symptoms during CBT.

Results: Changes in anticipatory anxiety, agoraphobic fear/avoidance, and somatization were significant predictors of changes in some aspects of QOL.

Discussion: It might be useful to decrease somatization, anticipatory anxiety, and agoraphobic fear to improve QOL in CBT for PD.

Keywords: cognitive-behavioral therapy; mechanisms of change; panic disorder; quality of life; symptoms.

MeSH terms

Adult
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / methods*
Humans
Japan
Outcome Assessment, Health Care*
Panic Disorder / psychology
Panic Disorder / therapy*
Psychotherapy, Group / methods*
Quality of Life* / psychology