Table 1.
PHQ Nine-Symptom Depression Scale and the GAD items
| Item | Ratings |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHQ-9 | ||||
| Over the past two weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems? | Not at all | Several days | More than half the days | Nearly every day |
| 1. Little interest or pleasure in doing things | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2. Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3. Trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleeping too much | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4. Feeling tired or having little energy | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5. Poor appetite or overeating | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6. Feeling bad about yourself—or that you are a failure or have let yourself or your family down | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7. Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8. Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed? Or the opposite—being so fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9. Thoughts that you would be better off dead or hurting yourself in some way | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Column totals | ||||
| If you checked off any problems, how difficult have these problems 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 |
| GAD-7 | ||||
| Over the past two weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems? | Not at all | Several days | More than half the days | Nearly every day |
| 1. Feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2. Not being able to stop or control worrying | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3. Worrying too much about different things | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4. Trouble relaxing | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5. Being so restless that it is hard to sit still | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6. Becoming easily annoyed or irritable | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7. Feeling afraid as if something awful might happen | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Column totals | ||||
| If you checked off any problems, how difficult have these problems 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 |
NOTE. GAD-7 Anxiety Severity score 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: 0-4: minimal anxiety; 5-9: mild anxiety; 10-14: moderate anxiety; 15-21: severe anxiety.
Abbreviations: GAD, Generalized Anxiety Disorder; PHQ, Patient Health Questionnaire.