GAD-7
Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7)
The GAD-7 is a screening tool used to assess the severity of generalized anxiety disorder in adults. It measures the frequency of anxiety symptoms experienced over the past two weeks.
- Number of questions
- 7 questions
- Estimated duration
- 1 minute
- Language
- English
- Original name
- General Anxiety Disorder - 7
- Target audience
- Adults
- Authors
- Robert L. Spitzer, Janet B.W. Williams, Kurt Kroenke (2006)
- Category
- Anxiety
Preview of the 7 questions
Scoring & interpretation
Scoring
Score: 18/21
| 0 – 4 | Minimal anxiety | |
| 5 – 9 | Mild anxiety | |
| 10 – 14 | Moderate anxiety | |
| 15 – 21 | Severe anxiety | ◀ 18 |
Minimal (0 to 4)Mild (5 to 9)Moderate (10 to 14)Severe (15 to 21)
Responses are scored from 0 to 3 for each question, according to the frequency of symptoms (0: not at all, 1: several days, 2: more than half the days, 3: nearly every day). The total score can range from 0 to 21, with cutoffs indicating mild (5-9), moderate (10-14) and severe (15-21) levels of anxiety.
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