Alcohol Consumption and Panic Disorder Data Description
Sample
The sample is from the first wave of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) which surveyed in 2001 - 2002.
The data analytic sample for this study included participants 20-50 years old who were drinkers at that moment. There are 6147 data in this category. The sample is used for analysis of to find panic attack correlation with alcohol consumption.
Original Purpose and Location of the Data Collection
It is a survey designed to determine the magnitude of alcohol use and psychiatric disorders in the U.S. population. It is a representative sample of the non-institutionalized population 18 years and older.
Procedure
The sample included many data concerning panic attack. Because panic attach is difficult to diagnose, panic attack related data would be helpful to find out the right correlations against alchohol consumption.
Measures
Explanatory Variables
Panic Attack Data List
- S6Q2 (IN A SITUATION WHERE DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE FRIGHTENED/NERVOUS)
1. Yes 2. No 9. Unknown
- S6Q3 (WAS SURPRISED BY PANIC ATTACK THAT HAPPENED OUT OF THE BLUE, FOR NO REAL REASON OR IN A SITUATION WHERE DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE FRIGHTENED/NERVOUS)
1. Yes 2. No 9. Unknown
- S6Q61 (HAD TROUBLE CATCHING BREATH, FELT SHORT OF BREATH, FELT LIKE SMOTHERING)
- S6Q62 (FELT HEART RACING, POUNDING, OR SKIPPING),
- S6Q63 (TREMBLED OR SHOOK)
- S6Q64 (PERSPIRED OR SWEATED)
- S6Q65 ( FELT AS IF CHOKING)
- S6Q66 (FELT DIZZY, LIGHTHEADED, AS IF MIGHT FAINT)
- S6Q67 (FELT THINGS AROUND SEEMED UNREAL/FELT DETACHED FROM THINGS AROUND
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