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. 2012 Jun;19(2):257-9.
doi: 10.1177/1073191112436668. Epub 2012 Feb 11.

Anchoring the Panic Disorder Severity Scale

Meghan E Keough  1 , Eliora Porter, M Alexandra Kredlow, John J Worthington, Elizabeth A Hoge, Mark H Pollack, M Katherine Shear, Naomi M Simon
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Anchoring the Panic Disorder Severity Scale

Meghan E Keough et al. Assessment. 2012 Jun.

Abstract

The Panic Disorder Severity Scale (PDSS) is a clinician-administered measure of panic disorder symptom severity widely used in clinical research. This investigation sought to provide clinically meaningful anchor points for the PDSS both in terms of clinical severity as measured by the Clinical Global Impression-Severity Scale (CGI-S) and to extend its clinical meaningfulness by examining its association with quality of life. A total of 63 individuals with a primary diagnosis of panic disorder were assessed on completion of a 6- or 8-week psychotherapy or pharmacotherapy trial for the treatment of panic disorder. As expected, the PDSS was correlated with both the CGI-S and quality of life. These results provide further support for the validity and clinical utility of the PDSS and provide simple anchors to help guide the potential use of the PDSS scale to measure treatment progress in clinical practice.

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