
file: NSAL > section: Generalized Anxiety Disorder > language: English
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| ID | Label | CPES | NCSR | NLAAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGNTRSC | INTERVIEWER CHECKPOINT | V01917 | ||
| GA101 | Worried period-what was anxious about-1st mention (18 iterations) | V01743 | G101 | G1_01* |
| GA2 | INTERVIEWER CHECKPOINT | V01775 | G2 | |
| GA3 | Ever think worry/anxious/nervous excessive | V01776 | G3 | G3 |
| GA4 | How often hard to control worry/anxious/nervous | V01777 | G4 | G4 |
| GA4A | Freq so nervous that could not think of else regardless | V01778 | G4A | G4A |
| GA4B | INTERVIEWER CHECKPOINT | V01779 | G4B | |
| GA5 | Longest period mths/years worry/anxious/nerv most days | V01780 | G5 | G5 |
| GA5A | Unit of time worried 1+ mths, G5 | V01783 | G5A | G5A |
| GA5_1 | Worried period of time last 6 months or longer | V01781 | G5_1 | |
| GA5_2 | Worried period of time last 1 month or longer | V01782 | G5_2 | |
| GA6 | INTERVIEWER CHECKPOINT | V01784 | G6 | |
| GA9A | Worst worried mth +- felt restless/on edge | V01785 | G9A | G9A |
| GA9B | Worst worried mth +- got tired easily | V01786 | G9B | G9B |
| GA9C | Worst worried mth +- more irritable | V01787 | G9C | G9C |
| GA9D | Worst worried mth + - difficulty concentrate | V01788 | G9D | G9D |
| GA9E | Worst worried mth +- tense/sore muscles | V01789 | G9E | G9E |
| GA9F | Worst worried mth +-sleep problems | V01790 | G9F | G9F |
| GA10A | Worst worried mth +-heart racing | V01791 | G10A | G10A |
| GA10B | Worst worried mth +-often sweat | V01792 | G10B | G10B |
| GA10C | Worst worried mth +- tremble | V01793 | G10C | G10C |
| GA10D | Worst worried mth +- had dry mouth | V01794 | G10D | G10D |
| GA10E | Worst worried mth +- felt sad/depressed most of time | V01795 | G10E | G10E |
| GA11 | INTERVIEWER CHECKPOINT | V01796 | G11 | |
| GA12 | INTERVIEWER CHECKPOINT | V01797 | G12 | |
| GA13A | Worst worried mth +- feel dizzy/lightheaded | V01799 | G13A | G13A |
| GA13B | Worst worried month +-short of breath | V01800 | G13B | G13B |
| GA13C | Worst worried mth +-felt like choking | V01801 | G13C | G13C |
| GA13D | Worst worried month+- had chest pain | V01802 | G13D | G13D |
| GA13E | Worst worried month +- had stomach pain | V01803 | G13E | G13E |
| GA13F | Worst worried mth +-felt nausea | V01804 | G13F | G13F |
| GA13G | Worst worried mth +-feel unreal | V01805 | G13G | G13G |
| GA13H | Worst worried mth +-feel things unreal | V01806 | G13H | G13H |
| GA13I | Worst worried mth +-fear of losing control/going crazy | V01807 | G13I | G13I |
| GA13J | Worst worried mth +-fear passing out | V01808 | G13J | G13J |
| GA13K | Worst worried mth +-afraid you might die | V01809 | G13K | G13K |
| GA13L | Worst worried mth +hot flushes/chills | V01810 | G13L | G13L |
| GA13M | Worst worried mth +-numbness | V01811 | G13M | G13M |
| GA13N | Worst worried mth +-lump in throat | V01812 | G13N | G13N |
| GA13O | Worst worried mth +-easily startled | V01813 | G13O | G13O |
| GA14 | INTERVIEWER CHECKPOINT | V01814 | G14 | |
| GA15 | Severity of emotional distress exp due to worry/anxiety | V01815 | G15 | G15 |
| GA17 | Extent which wry/anx/nerv interf with work/social/relations | V01816 | G17 | G17 |
| GA17A | How often unable work/acts due to worry/anxious/nervous | V01819 | G17A | G17A |
| GA17_1 | INTERVIEWER CHECKPOINT | V01817 | ||
| GA18A | Worry/anxious/nervous ever due to phys ill/med/drugs/alc | V01820 | G18A | G18A |
| GA18B | Worry/anxious/nervous always due to phys ill/med/drug/alc | V01821 | G18B | G18B |
| GA26 | Remember age 1st worry/anxious/nervous + other probs | V01822 | G26 | G26 |
| GA26B | Estimate age 1st worry/anxious/nervous + other probs | V01824 | ||
| GA26A | Age 1st worry/anxious/nervous episode + other probs | V01823 | G26A | G26A |
| GA26B1 | Estimate age 1st worry/anxious/nervous + other probs | V01825 | AG26B1 | AG26B1 |
| GA26B2 | 1st worry + other problems before started school | V01826 | AG26B2 | AG26B2 |
| GA26B3 | 1st worry + other problems before teenager | V01827 | AG26B3 | AG26B3 |
| GA26C | 1st worry/anx/nerv episode due to stressful exp/out of blue | V01828 | G26C | |
| GA27 | Worry/anxious/nervous epis 1+ mth in past year | V01830 | G27 | G27 |
| GA27A | Recent worry/anxiety episode | V01831 | G27A | G27A |
| GA27A_1 | # of worry/anxious/nervous episodes past year | V01832 | G27A_1 | G27A_1 |
| GA27A_2 | INTERVIEWER CHECKPOINT | V01833 | G27A_2 | |
| GA27A_4 | Length so far of last worried episode | V01836 | G27A_4 | G27A_4 |
| GA27A_4A | Unit of time of last worried episode, G27A.4A | V01837 | G27A_4A | G27A_4A |
| GA27A_5 | INTERVIEWER CHECKPOINT | V01838 | G27A_5 | |
| GA27A_6 | Worried episode ended or still ongoing | V01839 | G27A_6 | |
| GA27A_7 | Length of 1st worried episode in past year | V01841 | G27A_7 | G27A_7 |
| GA27A_7A | Unit of time of 1st worried episode in past yr, G27A.7 | V01842 | G27A_7A | G27A_7A |
| GA27A_8 | INTERVIEWER CHECKPOINT | V01843 | G27A_8 | |
| GA27A_9 | Recent worried episode ended or ongoing | V01845 | G27A_9 | |
| GA27B | # of months in past year had worried episode | V01846 | G27B | G27B |
| GA27C | Age last time had 1 of these worried episodes | V01847 | G27C | G27C |
| GA28 | Lifetime # of worry/anxious/nervous episodes 1+ mth | V01848 | G28 | G28 |
| GA29 | INTERVIEWER CHECKPOINT | V01849 | G29 | |
| GA30 | Unit time episode last | V01851 | G30A | G30* |
| GA30A | Length of worried episode | V01850 | G30 | G30A* |
| GA31 | Unit time longest episode | V01854 | G31A | G31* |
| GA31A | Length of longest worried episode | V01852 | G31 | G31A* |
| GA31_1 | # episodes brought on by stressful experience | V01853 | G31_1 | G31_1 |
| GA32 | # years in lifetime having at least 1 episode | V01855 | G32 | G32 |
| GA33 | INTERVIEWER CHECKPOINT | V01856 | G33 | |
| GA34 | Longest continuous # of years w/ 1 + episodes per year | V01857 | G34 | G34 |
| GA35 | INTERVIEWER CHECKPOINT | V01858 | G35 | |
| GA36A | Worst worried mth +-often tense | V01859 | G36A | G36A |
| GA36B | Worst worried mth +-often butterflies in stomach | V01860 | G36B | G36B |
| GA36C | Worst worried mth +-often restless | V01861 | G36C | G36C |
| GA36D | Worst worried mth +-often sudden panic | V01862 | G36D | G36D |
| GA36E | Worst worried mth +-often worrying thoughts | V01863 | G36E | G36E |
| GA36F | Worst worried mth +-often at ease and relaxed | V01864 | G36F | G36F |
| GA36G | Worst worried mth +-often frighten/awful going to happen | V01865 | G36G | G36G |
| GA37 | Worried by frightened feeling | V01866 | G37 | G37 |
| GA38A | Extent which severe worry interfered w/ home mgmt | V01867 | G38A | G38A* |
| GA38B | Extent which severe worry interfered w/ ability to work | V01868 | G38B | G38B* |
| GA38C | Extent which severe worry interf w/ form/maint relations | V01869 | G38C | G38C* |
| GA38D | Extent which severe worry interfered w/ social life | V01870 | G38D | G38D* |
| GA39 | INTERVIEWER CHECKPOINT | V01871 | ||
| GA40 | # of days past year unable to work/acts due worry/anxious | V01873 | G40 | G40 |
| GA44 | Talked to med doc or prof about worry in past 12 mths | V01895 | ||
| GA44A | Saw medical doc or professional for worry/anxious/nervous | V01874 | G44 | G44 |
| GA44B | Tried to get professional help for worry | V01896 | ||
| GA45 | 1st time seen professional for worry | V01899 | ||
| GA46 | Age 1st seen professional for worry | V01900 | ||
| GA47A | Talked to psychiatrist for worry | V01901 | ||
| GA47B | Talked to other mental health professional for worry | V01902 | ||
| GA47C | Talked to family doctor for worry | V01903 | ||
| GA47D | Talked to other medical doctor for worry | V01904 | ||
| GA47E | Talked to other hlth professional for worry | V01905 | ||
| GA47F | Talked to religious or spiritual advisor for worry | V01906 | ||
| GA47G | Talked to healer for worry | V01907 | ||
| GA48 | Professional was helpful | V01908 | ||
| GA491 | Treatment received for worry-1st mention (4 iterations) | V01909 | ||
| GA50 | Hospitalized overnight for worry/anxious/nervous | V01892 | G59 | G59 |
| GA50A | Age 1st hospitalized overnight for worry/anxious/nervous | V01894 | G59A | G59A |
| GA50B | # times hospitalized for worry | V01913 | ||
| GA51 | Received help from family/friends/acquaint for worry | V01914 | ||
| GA51A | Tried to get help from family/friends/acquaint for worry | V01915 |
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