Term: Anxiety /Anxiety States

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Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2010-08-05

Definition:

Anxiety or anxiety states are defined as the presence of:

• one or more hospitalizations, or admission from the Mental Health Management Information System (MHMIS), with a diagnosis of anxiety states, phobic disorders, or obsessive-compulsive disorders using ICD-9-CM codes 300.0, 300.2 or 300.3 or ICD-10-CA codes F40, F41.0, F41.1, F41.3, F41.8, F41.9 or F42, OR
  
  
• three or more physician visits with a diagnosis for anxiety disorders: ICD-9-CM code 300 in a five-year span.

Inclusion is all people aged 10 years or more.

The rate is often stated as a percentage of the population 10+ years of age who have this condition according to the definitions.

IMPORTANT NOTE: In 2012, MCHP research combined the depression and anxiety conditions into "Mood and Anxiety Disorders". The concept titled Mood and Anxiety Disorders - Measuring Prevalence describes the MCHP research approach in this subject area.

Related concepts 

• Health Indicators: Indicators of Health Status and Healthcare Use
• Mood and Anxiety Disorders - Measuring Prevalence

Related terms 

• Antidepressants
• Anxiety Disorders
• Benzodiazepines
• Cumulative Mental Illness / Cumulative Mental Health Disorders
• Cumulative Treatment Prevalence (Cumulative Mental Illnesses)
• Maternal Psychological Distress
• Mental Health Management Information System (MHMIS)
• Other Disorders
• Postpartum Psychological Distress
• Prenatal Psychological Distress

References 

• Doupe M, Kozyrskyj A, Soodeen R, Derksen S, Burchill C, Huq S. An Initial Analysis of Emergency Departments and Urgent Care in Winnipeg. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2008. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)
• Fransoo R, Martens P, Burland E, The Need to Know Team, Prior H, Burchill C. Manitoba RHA Indicators Atlas 2009. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2009. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)
• Martens PJ, Fransoo R, McKeen N, The Need to Know Team, Burland E, Jebamani L, Burchill C, De Coster C, Ekuma O, Prior H, Chateau D, Robinson R, Metge C. Patterns of Regional Mental Illness Disorder Diagnoses and Service Use in Manitoba: A Population-Based Study. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2004. [Report] [Summary] [Additional Materials] (View)

Term used in 

• Chartier M, Finlayson G, Prior H, McGowan K, Chen H, de Rocquigny J, Walld R, Gousseau M. Health and Healthcare Utilization of Francophones in Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2012. [Report] [Summary] (View)
• Martens P, Brownell M, Au W, MacWiliam L, Prior H, Schultz J, Guenette W, Elliott L, Buchan S, Anderson M, Caetano P, Metge C, Santos R, Serwonka K. Health Inequities in Manitoba: Is the Socioeconomic Gap in Health Widening or Narrowing Over Time? Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2010. [Report] [Summary] [Updates and Errata] [Additional Materials] (View)
• Martens PJ, Bartlett J, Burland E, Prior H, Burchill C, Huq S, Romphf L, Sanguins J, Carter S, Bailly A. Profile of Metis Health Status and Healthcare Utilization in Manitoba: A Population-Based Study. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2010. [Report] [Summary] [Updates and Errata] [Additional Materials] (View)