GENDER BASED COMPARISON OF GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE (GSR) AMONG GENERALISED ANXIETY DISORDER (GAD) PATIENTS
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Autonomic nervous system, Generalised Anxiety Disorder, sympathetic, parasympathetic, galvanic skin response
Abstract
Autonomic nervous system (ANS) plays major role in regulating the various cardiac function through the interplay of sympathetic and parasympathetic branches. Many studies have concluded that Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) results in imbalance of this interplay leading to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Our study was conducted on 60 patients of GAD, 30 patients each from both gender, to know if there is any gender based difference among this effect of GAD on autonomic nervous system by recording galvanic skin response (GSR). Our study concluded that disturbance in ANS was more among females compared to males at basal level and during Valsalva maneouvre (p value 0.045).
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Jai Kumar
Professor, Department of Physiology, VCSG Government Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarakhand – 246174
Deepti Jain
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha, Haryana - 125047
Neha Aggarwal
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, VCSG Government Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarakhand – 246174
Rajiv Gupta
Senior Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, PGIMS, Pt. B. D. Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana – 124001