GAD-7
Psychiatry
Also known as: Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale · GAD-7-Fragebogen · Yaygın Anksiyete Bozukluğu-7 ölçeği · GAD-7 (Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, anxiety severity)
What it is for
Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7): seven-item self-report scale that screens for generalized anxiety disorder and grades anxiety symptom severity over the past two weeks.
Classification
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Scoring | each item 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day); total 0–21. |
| 0–4 | minimal or normal |
| 5–9 | mild |
| 10–14 | moderate |
| 15–21 | severe |
| Screening cut-point | 10 or more is the usual cut-point for a probable anxiety disorder. |
| The scale alone does not make a diagnosis. |
Source
A brief measure for assessing generalized anxiety disorder: the GAD-7
Arch Intern Med 2006;166:1092–1097 (Spitzer RL, Kroenke K, Williams JB, Löwe B)
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.166.10.1092
PMID: 16717171
- Edition
- Spitzer, Kroenke, Williams & Löwe 2006 (current version)
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