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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Med. 2010 Feb 11;40(12):2059–2068. doi: 10.1017/S0033291710000176

Table 3.

Functioning and Well-Being Levels by Number of Anxiety Disorders

Number of Anxiety Disorders
Measure 1 2 3–4
Mean (SE) Mean (SE) Mean (SE)
Mental Health SF- 12 Composite (+) 33.1(0.4)a 31.3(0.4 30.1(0.6)
Physical Health SF- 12 Composite (+) 50.3(0.5)b 49.0(0.5) 47.3(0.7)
Sheehan Disability Index (−) 15.5(0.3) 17.5(0.3)c 19(0.5)c,d
Days of Activity Limitation (−) 10.1(0.4) 11.4(0.5)e 13.6(0.7)f
EuroQol EQ-5D (+) 0.699(.009)g 0.664(.009)h 0.605(.014)

Note: Analyses controlled for age, gender, education, ethnicity, number of self-report chronic medical conditions, comorbid depression and study site.

a

Significantly higher than subjects with 2 (p=.004) or 3–4 (p=.002) anxiety disorders

b

Significantly higher than subjects with 3–4 (p=.001) anxiety disorders

c

Significantly higher than subjects with 1 (p=.00001) anxiety disorder

d

Significantly higher than subjects with 2 (p=.0103) anxiety disorders

e

Significantly higher than subjects with 1 (p=.0428) anxiety disorder

f

Significantly higher than subjects with 1 (p<.0000) or 2 (p=.0084) anxiety disorders

g

Significantly higher than subjects with 2 (p=.007) or 3–4 (p=.0000) anxiety disorders

h

Significantly higher than subjects with 3–4 (p=.003) anxiety disorders