Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7)

Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7)

Recommended use
Screen for anxiety and assessing anxiety severity in clinical and research settings.

Type
Self-report

Population (Age range)
13 years and older

Time to administer
5 minutes

Time period covered
2 weeks

Number of items/version
7

Summary
The GAD-7 is an anxiety scale that can be used for assessing anxiety severity in clinical practices and in research. Items are scored using a 4-point scale (0-3).

Reference
Spitzer RL, Kroenke K, Williams JBW, Lowe B. A brief measure for assessing generalized anxiety disorder. Arch Inern Med. 2006;166:1092-1097

Scale Availability
Freely available