. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Hosp Palliat Nurs. 2019 Feb;21(1):14–20. doi: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000489

Table 2.

Measurements of Anxiety

Instrument	Number of Questions	Scoring^a	Completion Time
Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures Information System (PROMIS) Anxiety Scale¹⁸	7	7–35 points	5 minutes
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)¹⁹	40	20–80 points	10 minutes
Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)²⁰	21	0–63 points	5–10 minutes
Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM-A)²¹	14	0–56 points	< 5 minutes
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety (HADS-A)²²	7	0–21 points	5 minutes
National Comprehensive Cancer Network Distress Thermometer²³	1	0–10 points	< 5 minutes

Higher scores indicate higher anxiety.