Table 3.

Anxiety tool descriptions

Tool name	Number of items	Time frame of symptoms	Rater	Types of anxiety covered	Answer type	Availability
Geriatric Anxiety Inventory [4], [20]	20	1 Week	Self-rater or proxy rater	GAD	Dichotomous	Copyrighted, cost for use clinically, translated to several languages
Penn State Worry Questionnaire, abbreviated [4], [21], [22]	8	1 Week	Self or proxy rater	GAD	Likert Scale (1–5)	Not copyrighted, available in original publication
Rating Anxiety in Dementia [6], [9], [19] (regular and structured interview version)	18 + 2 Descriptive items	2 Weeks	Clinician based on patient interview, caregiver report, chart, and observations	Worry, apprehension and vigilance, motor tension, autonomic hypersensitivity, phobias, panic attacks	Likert Scale (0–3)	Not copyrighted, available in original publication

Abbreviation: GAD, generalized anxiety disorder.