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General anxiety scale (GAD-7)
General anxiety scale (GAD-7)
- The General Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale (GAD-7) is one of the tools used to screen for anxiety or to measure its severity.
- This is not intended to provide a diagnosis – only trained health professionals should do this.
Note: your responses to this questionnaire are anonymous. Your scores are not recorded by Healthify He Puna Waiora and we do not capture any information that can identify you.
Source: Spitzer RL, Kroenke K, Williams JB, et al. A brief measure for assessing generalized anxiety disorder – the GAD-7(external link) Arch Intern Med. 2006 May 22;166(10):1092-7.
- Each question response category of ‘not at all’, ‘several days’, ‘more than half the days’ and ‘nearly every day’ is assigned a score of 0, 1, 2 and 3 respectively.
- The total score is calculated by adding together the individual scores for the 7 questions.
- The final scores of 5, 10 and 15 are the cut-off points for mild, moderate and severe anxiety, respectively.
- Please note that while great care has been taken with the development of this self-test, it is not intended to be a substitute for professional clinical advice. The result is indicative only. If you have scored above the threshold on this scale, see your doctor or a mental health practitioner, such as a counsellor, psychotherapist or psychologist.(external link)
The GAD-7 has been translated into the following languages and is available on the Pfizer website. It is strongly recommended that these questions are completed with a health professional.
- GAD-7 - Arabic(external link)
- GAD-7 - Simplified Chinese(external link)
- GAD-7 - Traditional Chinese(external link)
- GAD-7 - Hindi(external link)
- GAD-7 - Korean(external link)
- GAD-7 - Russian(external link)
- GAD-7 - Spanish(external link)
- GAD-7 - Thai(external link)
For other languages, visit Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) Screeners(external link).
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