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The Autonomic Nervous System Questionnaire and the Brief Patient Health Questionnaire as screening instruments for panic disorder in Finnish primary care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

V. Tilli ,
K. Suominen  and
H. Karlsson
V. Tilli*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Mäntytie 19, 02880Veikkola, Finland
K. Suominen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, P.O.Box 800, 00029HUS, Finland
H. Karlsson
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Turku, Lemminkäisenkatu 1, 20014Turku, Finland
*
*Corresponding author. Tel.: +358 41 545 8575. E-mail address:virpi.tilli@luukku.com (V. Tilli).
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Abstract

Purpose

As panic disorder often remains unrecognized in the health care system, some screening methods have been developed to enhance its recognition. The aim of this study was to test and compare the Autonomic Nervous System Questionnaire (ANS) and the Brief Patient Health Questionnaire (BPHQ) in primary care.

Subjects and methods

A total sample of 211 primary care outpatients was studied. The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV was the criterion standard for the presence of panic disorder. Indices of diagnostic utility for both screening methods were calculated and compared.

Results

The AUC (area under the ROC curve) was 0.885 for the ANS and 0.877 for the BPHQ. At the optimal cut-off level, the ANS had the sensitivity of 0.88 and specificity of 0.77; the BPHQ had the sensitivity of 0.79 and the specificity of 0.87. There was not any statistically significant difference between the screens.

Conclusions

Both screening methods can be recommended both for clinical practice and research use. In busy primary care practice, the BPHQ may be more useful, as it can be used together with the depression module of the BPHQ.

Keywords

Panic disorderPsychometry and assessments in psychiatryDSMTests
Type
Original article
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue 7 , September 2013 , pp. 442 - 447
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association

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