The goal of this observational study is to compare socio-demographic and clinical features in patients affected by Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and by Panic Disorder (PD). The main questions it aims to answer are: * which socio-demographic/clinical markers are associated to GAD or PD diagnosis? * which factors are associated with a longer duration of untreated illness (DUI) in GAD and in PD? Participants will signed a written informed consent and socio-demographic/clinical variables will be retrospectively collected. Researchers will compare GAD and PD groups in terms of socio-demographic and clinical features, including DUI, to better characterize the two disorders and to investigate factors associated to a longer DUI.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
290
A structured interview will be administered to confirm the diagnosis reported in clinical charts
University of Milano Bicocca - Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori
Monza, MB, Italy
Quantitative socio-demographic / clinical variables
Age (years), age at onset (years), duration of illness (years), duration of treatment (years)
Time frame: Three months
Sex
Sex (male/female)
Time frame: Three months
Occupation
Occupation (employed/unemployed)
Time frame: Three months
Pre-/post-onset Comorbidity
Psychiatric and medical comorbidity
Time frame: Three months
Substance misuse
Substance misuse
Time frame: Three months
Treatment
Treatment, treatment discontinuation and side effects
Time frame: Three months
Dichotomous socio-demographic / clinical variables
Multiple family history of psychiatric disorders (yes/no), pre- and post-onset psychiatric poly-comorbidities (yes/no), presence of personality disorder (yes/no), pre- and post-onset poly-substance misuse (yes/no), pre- and post-onset medical poly-comorbidities (yes/no), suicide attempts (yes/no), hospitalizations (yes/no), poly-therapy (yes/no), presence of poly-side effects (yes/no), presence of lifetime psychotherapy (yes/no)
Time frame: Three months
Duration of untreated illness (DUI) in months = time between the onset of PD and the first appropriate pharmacological treatment.
Factors associated to DUI among GAD and PD groups. Information about DUI have been registered according to what the patient reported (clinical records and structured interviews)
Time frame: Three months
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