Anxiety Self-Assessment

How Am I Doing With Anxiety?

This survey is designed to provide a quick assessment of whether you might have signs and symptoms of anxiety. However, no test is 100% accurate. No matter what your score is, you should seek help from a health professional if you have any concerns about yourself or your loved ones.

The questionnaire used here is the GAD-7 (Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 item). Although this questionnaire is used mostly to detect one general anxiety condition, it can also help detect panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

In the last 2-weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems?

1.         Feeling nervous, anxious or on edge?

           Not at all = 0

           Several days = 1

           More than half the days = 2

           Nearly every day = 3

2.         Not being able to stop or control worrying

           Not at all = 0

           Several days = 1

           More than half the days = 2

           Nearly every day = 3

3.         Worrying too much about different things

           Not at all = 0

           Several days = 1

           More than half the days = 2

           Nearly every day = 3

4.         Trouble relaxing

           Not at all = 0

           Several days = 1

           More than half the days = 2

           Nearly every day = 3

5.         Being so restless that it is hard to sit still

           Not at all = 0

           Several days = 1

           More than half the days = 2

           Nearly every day = 3

6.         Becoming easily annoyed or irritable

           Not at all = 0

           Several days = 1

           More than half the days = 2

           Nearly every day = 3

7.     Feeling afraid as if something awful might happen

     Not at all = 0

           Several days = 1

           More than half the days = 2

           Nearly every day = 3

If your total is 5 or above, you may be experiencing mild anxiety, and if it is 10 or above, you may be experiencing moderate to severe anxiety. Our trained professionals can help you to determine what type of treatment might be helpful. Please call 949-8789 to book an intake appointment or click here to see our available workshops and group programmes. Please also check out the videos and infographics on our resources page for tips on how to care for yourself or a loved one.

The GAD-7 is scored by assigning scores of 0, 1, 2, and 3, to the response categories of "not at all," "several days," "more than half the days," and "nearly every day," respectively. GAD-7 total score for the seven items ranges from 0 to 21. Scores of 5, 10, and 15 represent cutpoints for mild, moderate, and severe anxiety, respectively.

Spitzer RL, Kroenke K, Williams JB, Lowe B: A brief measure for assessing generalized anxiety disorder: the GAD-7, Archives of Internal Medicine, 2006 May 22;166(10):1092-7. Retrieved Dec 12, 2008 from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16717171?dopt=Abstract