A closer look at the relationships between panic attacks, emergency department visits and non-cardiac chest pain

Bibliographic Data

ID4228495
AuthorsGuillaume Foldes-Busque (Université Laval), Guillaume Foldes‐busque (0000-0003-1179-4187, corresponding author), Isabelle Denis (0000-0002-0242-438X, Université Laval), Julien Poitras (Université Laval), Richard P Fleet (Université Laval), Richard Fleet (0000-0003-2732-7655), Patrick Archambault (0000-0002-5090-6439, Université Laval), Clermont E Dionne (0000-0003-0806-5573, Université Laval)
Year2019
Volume24
Issue6
Pages717-725
Publication date2019-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105316683785
PMID28810369
OpenAlexW2569176370
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited41

This study examined the prevalence of emergency department visits prompted by panic attacks in patients with non-cardiac chest pain. A validated structured telephone interview was used to assess panic attacks and their association with the emergency department consultation in 1327 emergency department patients with non-cardiac chest pain. Patients reported at least one panic attack in the past 6 months in 34.5 per cent (95% confidence interval: 32.0%-37.1%) of cases, and 77.1 per cent (95% confidence interval: 73.0%-80.7%) of patients who reported panic attacks had visited the emergency department with non-cardiac chest pain following a panic attack. These results indicate that panic attacks may explain a significant proportion of emergency department visits for non-cardiac chest pain

Anxiety · Cardiology · Chest pain · Emergency department · Medical emergency · Panic · Psychiatry · Cardiac Health and Mental Health · Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders · Medicine · Psychology · Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Associated Phenomena · Emergency Medicine

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