Table 1 Baseline demographic and personality characteristics of the subjects

Female

6(54.5%)

34 (65.4%)

13(81.3%)

12(75.0%)

With agoraphobia

10(90.9%)

49(94.2%)

14(87.5%)

15(93.8%)

Mean age (SD)^a

37.5(13.3)

35.0(9.7)

38.9(14.4)

34.5(11.4)

Mean age at onset of PD (SD)^a

28.3(13.8)

29.8(9.7)

39.9(12.8)

29.1(9.4)

Mean yeas of duration of panic disorder (SD)^a

9.2(12.1)

5.2(5.1)

9.1(11.7)

5.4(6.2)

Severity of panic disorder: PDSS^b total score at baseline (SD)^a

11.1(4.1)

13.2(4.7)

9.3(4.5)

12.5(4.9)

Medication at start of CBT session

   Antidepressants

9(81.8%)

31(59.6%)

9(56.3%)

7(43.8%)

   Benzodiazepines

5(45.5%)

9(17.3%)

3(18.8%)

2(12.5%)

NEO-FFI^c(SD)

   Neuroticism

22.6(11.8)

28.1 (7.6)

22.3(9.4)

27.5(8.7)

   Extraversion

25.6(11.0)

25.6(6.7)

28.3(9.6)

26.2(10.3)

   Openness

25.2(9.4)

27.6(5.9)

26.1(5.6)

30.4(5.8)

   Agreeableness

31.6(10.6)

32.1(7.2)

36.7(6.1)

30.4(5.1)

   Conscientiousness

24.8(12.4)

28.6(6.7)

27.5(8.0)

28.3(9.3)