| Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7- item (GAD-7) |
| Over the last 2 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 |
| GAD-7 score obtained by adding score for each question (total points). |
| A score of 8 points or higher is a reasonable is the cut-off for needing further identifying evaluation to determine presence and type of anxiety disorder 23, 24
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| The following cut-offs correlate with level of anxiety severity: |
| Score 0-4 |
: Minimal Anxiety |
| Score 5-9 |
: Mild Anxiety |
| Score 10-14: |
: Moderate Anxiety |
| Score 15 or greater |
: Severe Anxiety |
