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Psychological aspects of primary aldosteronism.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND:Except for 3 case reports of Conn's syndrome presenting as depression, psychosocial factors have not been explored in primary aldosteronism. We investigated psychological correlates in primary aldosteronism using methods that were found to be sensitive and reliable in psychosomatic research. METHOD:Ten consecutive newly diagnosed patients with primary aldosteronism were studied: 5 males/5 females; mean age (+/-SD) 45.5 +/- 6.6 years, age range 34-54 years; 4 with an aldosterone-producing adenoma and 6 with idiopathic aldosteronism; systolic/diastolic blood pressure 189 +/- 20/111 +/- 7.7 mm Hg; upright plasma aldosterone 40.0 +/- 18.3 ng/dl; upright plasma renin activity (PRA) 0.2 +/- 0.1 ng/ml/h; aldosterone/PRA ratio 229.2 +/- 191.0; serum K(+) 3.5 +/- 0.5 mmol/l. The Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) for eliciting psychiatric diagnoses, and a shortened version of the structured interview for subclinical psychological syndromes, the Diagnostic Criteria for Psychosomatic Research (DCPR), were administered. RESULTS:Seven patients (2 with aldosterone-producing adenoma and 5 with idiopathic hyperaldosteronism) received both DSM-IV and DCPR diagnoses, while 3 had neither. As to DSM-IV, generalized anxiety disorder was detected in 6 cases (in 1 it was associated with panic disorder and in 1 with major depression) and obsessive-compulsive disorder in 1. The most frequent DCPR cluster was demoralization (5 cases), while persistent somatization occurred in 2 cases (associated with demoralization in 1) and irritable mood in 1. CONCLUSIONS:The occurrence of anxiety disorders in patients with primary aldosteronism was much higher than that found in the general population and in primary care. Since an association between hyperaldosteronism and anxiety has also been suggested in previous animal studies, it seems worthwhile to gain further knowledge on clinical aspects by larger population studies.

journal_name

Psychother Psychosom

journal_title

Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

authors

Sonino N,Fallo F,Fava GA

doi

10.1159/000093956

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-01-01 00:00:00

pages

327-30

issue

eissn

0033-3190

issn

1423-0348

pii

93956

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Psychological aspects of primary aldosteronism.