Generalised anxiety and panic symptoms in the German National Cohort (NAKO).

Autor/inn/en	Erhardt-Lehmann, Angelika; Gelbrich, Götz; Klinger-König, Johanna; Streit, Fabian; Kleineidam, Luca; Riedel-Heller, Steffi G.; Schmidt, Börge; Schmiedek, Florian; Wagner, Michael; Grabe, Hans J.; Rietschel, Marcella; Berger, Klaus; Deckert, Jürgen
Titel	Generalised anxiety and panic symptoms in the German National Cohort (NAKO).
Quelle	In: The world journal of biological psychiatry, 24 (2023) 10, S. 881-896 PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1562-2975; 1814-1412
DOI	10.1080/15622975.2021.2011409
Schlagwörter	Empirische Forschung; Psychologische Forschung; Vergleichsuntersuchung; Angst; Krankheit; Gesundheit; Deutschland
Abstract	Objectives Anxiety disorders (AD) are common in the general population, leading to high emotional distress and disability. The German National Cohort (NAKO) is a population-based mega-cohort study, examining participants in 16 German regions. The present study includes data of the first 101,667 participants and investigates the frequency and severity of generalised anxiety symptoms and panic attacks (PA). Methods The Generalised Anxiety Disorder Symptoms Scale (GAD-7) and the first part of the Patient Health Questionnaire Panic Disorder (PHQ-PD) were filled out by NAKO participants (93,002). We examined the correlation of GAD-7 and PHQ-PD with demographic variables, stress (PHQ-Stress), depression (PHQ-9) and childhood trauma (CTS). Results The total proportion of prior lifetime diagnoses of AD in the NAKO cohort reached 7.8%. Panic attacks were reported by 6.0% and possible/probable current GAD symptoms in 5.2% of the examined participants. Higher anxiety severity was associated with female sex, lower education level, German as a foreign language and younger age as well as high perceived stress and depression. Conclusions Clinically relevant GAD symptoms as well as panic attacks are frequent in the NAKO and are associated with sociodemographic factors, and high anxiety symptoms are accompanied by pronounced stress and depression levels. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2025/4