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“Nomophobia”: Impact of Cell Phone Use Interfering with Symptoms and Emotions of Individuals with Panic Disorder Compared with a Control Group

Panic disorder refers to the frequent and recurring acute attacks of anxiety. Objective: This study describes the routine use of mobiles phones (MPs) and investigates the appearance of possible emotional alterations or symptoms related to their use in patients with panic disorder (PD). Background: W...

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Autores principales: King, Anna Lucia Spear, Valença, Alexandre Martins, Silva, Adriana Cardoso, Sancassiani, Federica, Machado, Sergio, Nardi, Antonio Egidio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Open 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3962983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24669231
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1745017901410010028
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author King, Anna Lucia Spear
Valença, Alexandre Martins
Silva, Adriana Cardoso
Sancassiani, Federica
Machado, Sergio
Nardi, Antonio Egidio
author_facet King, Anna Lucia Spear
Valença, Alexandre Martins
Silva, Adriana Cardoso
Sancassiani, Federica
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description Panic disorder refers to the frequent and recurring acute attacks of anxiety. Objective: This study describes the routine use of mobiles phones (MPs) and investigates the appearance of possible emotional alterations or symptoms related to their use in patients with panic disorder (PD). Background: We compared patients with PD and agoraphobia being treated at the Panic and Respiration Laboratory of The Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to a control group of healthy volunteers. Methods: An MP-use questionnaire was administered to a consecutive sample of 50 patients and 70 controls. Results: People with PD showed significant increases in anxiety, tachycardia, respiratory alterations, trembling, perspiration, panic, fear and depression related to the lack of an MP compared to the control group. Conclusions: Both groups exhibited dependence on and were comforted by having an MP; however, people with PD and agoraphobia showed significantly more emotional alterations as well as intense physical and psychological symptoms when they were apart from or unable to use an MP compared to healthy volunteers.
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spelling pubmed-39629832014-03-25 “Nomophobia”: Impact of Cell Phone Use Interfering with Symptoms and Emotions of Individuals with Panic Disorder Compared with a Control Group King, Anna Lucia Spear Valença, Alexandre Martins Silva, Adriana Cardoso Sancassiani, Federica Machado, Sergio Nardi, Antonio Egidio Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health Article Panic disorder refers to the frequent and recurring acute attacks of anxiety. Objective: This study describes the routine use of mobiles phones (MPs) and investigates the appearance of possible emotional alterations or symptoms related to their use in patients with panic disorder (PD). Background: We compared patients with PD and agoraphobia being treated at the Panic and Respiration Laboratory of The Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to a control group of healthy volunteers. Methods: An MP-use questionnaire was administered to a consecutive sample of 50 patients and 70 controls. Results: People with PD showed significant increases in anxiety, tachycardia, respiratory alterations, trembling, perspiration, panic, fear and depression related to the lack of an MP compared to the control group. Conclusions: Both groups exhibited dependence on and were comforted by having an MP; however, people with PD and agoraphobia showed significantly more emotional alterations as well as intense physical and psychological symptoms when they were apart from or unable to use an MP compared to healthy volunteers. Bentham Open 2014-02-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3962983/ /pubmed/24669231 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1745017901410010028 Text en © King et al.; Licensee Bentham Open. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
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Sancassiani, Federica
Machado, Sergio
Nardi, Antonio Egidio
“Nomophobia”: Impact of Cell Phone Use Interfering with Symptoms and Emotions of Individuals with Panic Disorder Compared with a Control Group
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title_short “Nomophobia”: Impact of Cell Phone Use Interfering with Symptoms and Emotions of Individuals with Panic Disorder Compared with a Control Group
title_sort “nomophobia”: impact of cell phone use interfering with symptoms and emotions of individuals with panic disorder compared with a control group
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3962983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24669231
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1745017901410010028
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