AUTHOR=Hou Lijun , Lei Xiaoguang 

TITLE=Risk factors of social anxiety in patients with essential tremor

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychiatry

VOLUME=14

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1051290

DOI=10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1051290

ISSN=1664-0640

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Objective</title><p>To study the risk factors of social anxiety (SA) in essential tremor (ET) patients.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>Motor, cognition, and SA were evaluated using the Fahn-Tolosa-Marin Tremor Rating Scale (FTMTRS), Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), and Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) for each subject. The potential risk factors of SA in ET were analyzed using univariate analysis.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>A total of 80 ET patients and 85 healthy controls completed the evaluation. The LSAS evaluation showed that the prevalence of SA in the ET group was 48.8%, higher than that in controls (12.9%, <italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.001). Female (<italic>OR</italic> = 4.959, <italic>P</italic> = 0.014), younger age (<italic>OR</italic> = 4.172, <italic>P</italic> = 0.037), and head tremor (<italic>OR</italic> = 4.707, <italic>P</italic> = 0.025) were risk factors of SA among ET patients.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>SA is prevalent in patients with ET. Risk factors, such as female sex, age, and head tremor, should be considered for the prevention and intervention of SA in ET patients.</p></sec>