The Generalised Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire is a type of ASSESSMENT TOOL.
Although designed primarily as a screening and severity measure for Generalised Anxiety Disorder, the Generalised Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire can also be used to screen and monitor for three other common anxiety disorders:
- panic disorder
- social anxiety disorder and
- post-traumatic stress disorder.
The index scores are as follows:
0 - 4 | No Anxiety |
5 - 10 | Mild Anxiety |
11 - 15 | Moderate Anxiety |
15 - 21 | Severe Anxiety |
If one or two values are missing from the score, then they can be substituted with the average score of the non-missing items. Questionnaires with more than two missing values should be disregarded.
The recommended cut off score for the (seven item) Generalised Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire is 7, so a PERSON scoring 8 or above will be considered to be suffering from clinically significant anxiety symptoms.
This supporting information is also known by these names:
Context | Alias |
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shortname | GAD7 Questionnaire |
plural | Generalised Anxiety Disorder Questionnaires |