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The Quality of Life/Functioning and Disability supplement (QOL) was fielded to sample adults, to develop and test improved measures of functioning. According to the 2010 NHIS Survey Description, this element of the survey was "part of a partnership with the Washington Group on Disability Statistics (WG) and the Budapest Initiative on the Measurement of Health State (BI)." Other disability questions developed by the WG and BI groups were included in the NHIS beginning in 2008. More information on the WB and BI efforts are available on the Internet.

In addition to anxiety, the Quality of Life supplement asked about difficulty with vision, hearing, mobility, self care, learning, cognition, communication, pain, fatigue, and emotions (depression). Persons acknowledging difficulty in these areas were asked follow-up questions regarding the degree of difficulty, use of assistive devices, and functioning with assistance.

The variables based on these follow-up questions include:

• WORFEELEVL (Level of worried, nervous, or anxious feelings, last time)

• WORFEELCLAR (Clarification of in-between amount of feeling worried or anxious)

• WORYWORK (Feelings of worry caused by amount and type of work)

• WORINTENSE (Feelings of worry so intense sometimes have trouble breathing)

• WORPOSITIV (Worry or anxiety positive in helping achieve goals)

• WORINTFER (Worry or anxiety interferes with life, wish did not have

• WORJOBSTOP (Worry or anxiety would stop with more money or better job)

• WORNORMAL (Feeling of worry or or anxiety normal, everybody has)

• WORHPSAYANX (Told by medical professional have anxiety)