J Korean Neuropsychiatr Assoc.  2004 May;43(3):329-336.

A Validation Study of Korean Albany Panic and Phobia Questionnaire(APPQ)

• Kim JH
• Yang JC
• Kim JB
• Lim KY
• Lee SY
• Yu BH

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
The Albany Panic and Phobia Questionnaire (APPQ) was developed to assess fear of activities that may elicit physical sensation in panic patients. There are three subscales (Agoraphobia, Social phobia, and Interoceptive fear) in the scale. The present study was conducted to determine the validity and reliability of APPQ in Korean population.
METHODS
One hundred thirty five panic patients and 135 community samples and were enrolled in this study. All subjects completed a psychometric assessment package which included APPQ, ASI-R, ACQ, BSQ, BAI, BDI.
RESULTS
1) APPQ showed good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha=.95) and high test-retest reliabilities (r=.77). 2) APPQ showed moderate correlations with ASI-R (r=.67), ACQ (r=.67), BSQ (r=.59) and BAI (r=.64). 3) An exploratory factor analysis revealed 3 factors (Agoraphobia, Social Phobia and Intorceptive fear). 4) Panic patients (with or without agoraphobia) had significantly higher sores of the APPQ interoceptive subscale than the community samples (F(2,27)=24.27, p<.001).
CONCLUSION
We found that APPQ and its 3 subscales carry valuable internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and convergent and construct validity. These results suggest that APPQ is a reliable and valid instrument to assess patients with panic disorder.

Keyword

Panic disorder; Agoraphobia; Interoceptive fear

MeSH Terms

Agoraphobia
Humans
Panic Disorder
Panic*
Phobic Disorders*
Psychometrics
Surveys and Questionnaires
Reproducibility of Results
Sensation