A Descriptive Study on Severity of Anxiety Disorder in Patients with Essential Tremor.
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Science and Innovative Research (IJMSIR) - Year 2019, Vol 4, Issue 5
Abstract
Background: Essential tremors is one of the most common movement disorder and is a classic example of disorder whose interpretation is shifted from one dimensional disease with prominent motor feature to a multidimensional disease with varied non motor features. In 2001 Louis Et Al was the first to describe the essential tremors as more than motor disorder, in the past decade motor features of essential tremors has been studied in detail but still its more important to study about the non motor features of essential tremors. Aim: To study about the prevalence and severity of anxiety in patients with essential tremors. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study including a total of 30 patients that were randomly selected in Neurology /Psychiatry Out Patient Department in Chengalpattu Medical and Hospital were evaluated based on socio-dermographic details and the severity of anxiety is assessed by Hamilton-Anxiety rating scale . Results: Based on the observations done, the results show that 46.7% of patients constituting age group of 50-69 has anxiety disorder. Result shows that men hold the highest percentage of 60% compared to women. Patients from the rural area has the highest percentage of 53.3% than urban area. The socioeconomic status of middle class holds the highest percentage of 56.7% compared to the lower class. Observing the education and occupation, the illiterates and the unemployed has the highest percentage of 50% and 56.7% respectively. The highest percentage in the component of marital status is of married status which is 70%. In Hamilton anxiety rating scale majority of the patients scored highest on all the components. Conclusion: Individuals suffering from essential tremors accompanied by secondary anxiety disorder definitely show a higher level of disability than just having essential tremor or anxiety disorder alone.
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Dr. M. Sathish Kumar
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