Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener (GAD-7)

Generalized Anxiety Questionnaire

Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems?

Column 1 (Not at all) = 0

Column 2 (Several days) = 1

Column 3 (More than half the days) = 2

Column 4 (Nearly every day) = 3

Column 1 + Column 2 + Column 3 + Column 4 =

Scoring and Interpretation:

GAD-2 Score* Provisional Diagnosis
0-2 None
3-6 Probable anxiety discorder
   
GAD-7 Score Provisional Diagnosis
0-7 None
8+ Probable anxiety disorder
   
*GAD-2 is the first 2 questions of the GAD-7

 

References:
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