16
views
0
recommends
+1 Recommend
1 collections
    0
    shares
      • Record: found
      • Abstract: found
      • Article: found
      Is Open Access

      Fobia específica: um estudo transversal com 103 pacientes tratados em ambulatório Translated title: Specific phobia: a transversal study with one hundred and three outpatients

      research-article

      Read this article at

      Bookmark
          There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

          Abstract

          OBJETIVOS: Este estudo tem por objetivo investigar a presença de fobia específica (FE) entre pacientes atendidos em um ambulatório de psiquiatria. MÉTODOS: Foi realizado um estudo transversal, no qual foi aplicado o SCID-I em 103 pacientes, para se examinar a ocorrência de fobia específica. Os dados foram analisados por meio de medidas descritivas e mediante os testes de independência baseados na estatística qui-quadrado de Pearson ou no teste exato de Fisher. RESULTADOS: Foi verificada FE em 26,2% dos pacientes. As mulheres tinham duas vezes maior chance de apresentar FE que os homens. Em 96,3% do total de fóbicos, a FE não havia sido identificada pelo psiquiatra com quem se consultavam, e esses pacientes não estavam recebendo tratamento para FE. Entre as comorbidades, o diagnóstico mais freqüente foi depressão, que apareceu em 15,6% da amostra. No total, identificamos 39 fobias, sendo 13 do tipo animal; 12 do tipo ambiente-natural; 3 do tipo sangue-injeção-ferimentos; e 11 do tipo situacional. CONCLUSÃO: A FE tem uma freqüência elevada entre pacientes ambulatoriais, sendo mais comum entre as mulheres. No entanto, na maioria das vezes, esse transtorno não é diagnosticado e assim não recebe tratamento adequado, já que o foco da atenção fica concentrado nas comorbidades.

          Translated abstract

          OBJECTIVES: The study was designed to investigate the presence of specific phobias (SP) among psychiatric outpatients. METHODS: A transversal study was carried out in which SCID-I was applied to 103 patients to determine the occurrence of specific phobia. The data were reviewed through descriptive measures and independence tests based on Pearson's chi-square test or Fisher's exact test. RESULTS: Specific phobias were found in 26.2% of the patients. Females were twice as likely as males to present SP. In 96.3% of the phobic patients SP had not been diagnosed by their psychiatrists and thus was not being treated. The most common comorbidities among these patients was depression, which was present in 15.6% of the sample. Overall, 39 different phobias were identified: 13 of the animal type, 12 of the natural environment type, 3 of the blood-injection-injury type, and 11 of the situational type. CONCLUSIONS: SP has a high frequency among outpatients and is more common among women. Most of the times, however, this disorder is not diagnosed and thus is not properly treated, as the focus remains on the comorbidities.

          Related collections

          Most cited references38

          • Record: found
          • Abstract: not found
          • Article: not found

          Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders.

            Bookmark
            • Record: found
            • Abstract: found
            • Article: not found

            Agoraphobia, simple phobia, and social phobia in the National Comorbidity Survey.

            Data are presented on the general population prevalences, correlates, comorbidities, and impairments associated with DSM-III-R phobias. Analysis is based on the National Comorbidity Survey. Phobias were assessed with a revised version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Lifetime (and 30-day) prevalence estimates are 6.7% (and 2.3%) for agoraphobia, 11.3% (and 5.5%) for simple phobia, and 13.3% (and 4.5%) for social phobia. Increasing lifetime prevalences are found in recent cohorts. Earlier median ages at illness onset are found for simple (15 years of age) and social (16 years of age) phobias than for agoraphobia (29 years of age). Phobias are highly comorbid. Most comorbid simple and social phobias are temporally primary, while most comorbid agoraphobia is temporally secondary. Comorbid phobias are generally more severe than pure phobias. Despite evidence of role impairment in phobia, only a minority of individuals with phobia ever seek professional treatment. Phobias are common, increasingly prevalent, often associated with serious role impairment, and usually go untreated. Focused research is needed to investigate barriers to help seeking.
              Bookmark
              • Record: found
              • Abstract: found
              • Article: not found

              Comorbidity of DSM-III-R major depressive disorder in the general population: results from the US National Comorbidity Survey.

              General population data are presented on the prevalence and correlates of comorbidity between DSM-III-R major depressive disorder (MDD) and other DSM-III-R disorders. The data come from the US National Comorbidity Survey, a large general population survey of persons aged 15-54 years in the non-institutionalised civilian population. Diagnoses are based on a modified version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). The analysis shows that most cases of lifetime MDD are secondary. In the sense that they occur in people with a prior history of another DSM-III-R disorder. Anxiety disorders are the most common primary disorders. The time-lagged effects of most primary disorders on the risk of subsequent MDD continue for many years without change in magnitude. Secondary MDD is, in general, more persistent and severe than pure or primary MDD. This has special public health significance because lifetime prevalence of secondary MDD has increased in recent cohorts, while the prevalence of pure and primary depression has remained unchanged.
                Bookmark

                Author and article information

                Journal
                rpc
                Archives of Clinical Psychiatry (São Paulo)
                Arch. Clin. Psychiatry (São Paulo)
                Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (São Paulo, SP, Brazil )
                0101-6083
                1806-938X
                2007
                : 34
                : 2
                : 68-73
                Affiliations
                [01] orgnameUniversidade Federal de São Paulo orgdiv1Escola Paulista de Medicina
                [02] orgnameFundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre orgdiv1Centro de Estudos José de Barros Falcão
                Article
                S0101-60832007000200002 S0101-6083(07)03400202
                10.1590/S0101-60832007000200002
                a6210065-3a75-4f4f-823b-eee81b274f39

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 08 May 2006
                : 01 August 2006
                Page count
                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 24, Pages: 6
                Product

                SciELO Brazil

                Self URI: Texto completo somente em PDF (PT)
                Categories
                Artigos Originais

                ambulatório,subtipos,diagnóstico,Fobia específica,ansiedade,subtypes,diagnosis,anxiety,outpatient care,Specific phobia

                Comments

                Comment on this article