Clinical Markers of Panic and Generalized Anxiety Disorder

NCT ID: NCT06071819

Last Updated: 2023-10-10

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 290 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-08-01
• Study Completion Date: 2022-10-31

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Panic Disorder; Duration of Untreated Illness

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_CONTROL
• Study Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

Patients affected by GAD

Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5

Intervention Type: DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

A structured interview will be administered to confirm the diagnosis reported in clinical charts

Panic Disorder (PD)

Patients affected by Panic Disorder

Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5

Intervention Type: DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

A structured interview will be administered to confirm the diagnosis reported in clinical charts

Interventions

Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5

A structured interview will be administered to confirm the diagnosis reported in clinical charts

Intervention Type: DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• age 18-65 years;
• ability and willing to give informed consent;
• fluency in Italian language;
• diagnosis of GAD or PD according to the criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, 5th edition.

Exclusion Criteria

• intellectual disability;
• lack of clinical and socio-demographic information;
• patients treated for less than three months in the outpatient clinics for the impossibility of a comprehensive collection of clinical variables.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Milan

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Milano Bicocca

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Alice Caldiroli

Psychiatrist

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Alice Caldiroli, Doctor

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Milano Bicocca - Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori

Locations

University of Milano Bicocca - Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori

Monza, MB, Italy

Countries

Italy

Other Identifiers

GAD-PD-3955

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id