Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7)

The Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) is a brief, widely used screening tool designed to assess generalized anxiety symptoms in adults. It helps clinicians identify individuals who may have an anxiety disorder and monitor severity over time.

Over the last two weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems?

Name *

First

Last

Email *

1. Feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge *

2. Not being able to stop or control worrying *

3. Worrying too much about different things *

4. Trouble relaxing *

5. Being so restless that it is hard to sit still *

6. Becoming easily annoyed or irritable *

7. Feeling afraid, as if something awful might happen *

Total Score

This is calculated by assigning scores of 0, 1, 2, and 3 to the response categories, respectively, of “not at all,” “several days,” “more than half the days,” and “nearly every day.” GAD-7 total score for the seven items ranges from 0 to 21.

or 2. Score

If you checked any problems, how difficult have they made it for you to do your work, take care of things at home, or get along with other people?

Not difficult at all
Somewhat difficult
Very difficult
Extremely difficult

Scoring GAD-7 Anxiety Severity

0–4: minimal anxiety

5–9: mild anxiety

10–14: moderate anxiety

15–21: severe anxiety

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