ABSTRACTS - World Psychiatric Association

incomplete coverage of the HTR2C variants is proposed as the best
cost-benefit ratio bias to fix.
PO2.18.
PREVALENCE OF GENERALIZED ANXIETY
DISORDER IN A PRIMARY CARE CLINIC
IN EAST MALAYSIA
J.H. Ting, D.K. Catherinus
Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine,
University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of generalized anxiety
disorder in patients attending an outpatient primary care clinic in a
small town in East Malaysia. Patients attending the clinic were randomly
selected to participate in the study. They were then interviewed
to record their sociodemographic characteristics and were screened
for generalized anxiety disorder by using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric
Interview (MINI). A total of 203 patients participated in
this study. The prevalence rate of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
was estimated to be at 9.4%. Female patients were almost three times
more likely to have a diagnosis of GAD when compared to men. The
age group of 15-34 had the highest number of patients with GAD. The
MINI proved to be easy to use and required only a short time for
administration.
PO2.19.
FUNCTIONAL IMPAIRMENT RELATED
TO PAINFUL PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS IN PATIENTS
WITH GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER
WITH OR WITHOUT COMORBID MAJOR
DEPRESSIVE DISORDER
I. Romera, A.L. Montejo, F. Caballero, L. Caballero, J. Arbesu,
I. Gilaberte
Clinical Research Department, Lilly Spain; University
of Salamanca; Sixth Health Area, Servicio Madrileño de Salud,
Madrid; Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid; Centro de Salud de
la Eria, Oviedo, Spain
This study aimed to assess the functional impairment related to the
presence of painful physical symptoms (PPS) in patients suffering
from generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) with or without comorbid
major depressive disorder (MDD). This is post-hoc analysis of a
cross-sectional study in patients attending primary care who received
a diagnosis of GAD (Mini International Psychiatric Interview). A
control group (no GAD, no MDD) was consecutively selected.
Patients were considered to have PPS if Visual Analog Scale overall
pain score was >30. Functioning was assessed by the Sheehan Disability
Scale (SDS). ANCOVA models (including age, gender, comorbidity)
were used. Of 7152 patients included, 981 had GAD, 559
with comorbid MDD. Of those, 436 (78.0%) had PPS, higher than
the percentage in those with GAD without MDD (249 of 422, 59%)
and than controls patients (95 of 336, 28.3%). Functioning of both
GAD groups was clearly worse when PPS were present (p