Scoring is easily accomplished by summing scores for items. The total score ranges from 0–63. The following guidelines are recommended for the interpretation of scores: 0–9, normal or no anxiety; 10–18, mild to moderate anxiety; 19–29, moderate to severe anxiety; and 30–63, severe anxiety.
What is the highest GAD score?
All responses are summed to calculate the total GAD-7 score. Scores range from 0–21 with increasing scores indicating greater severity of symptoms of anxiety.
What does a GAD-7 score of 17 mean?
GAD-7 total score for the seven items ranges from 0 to 21. 0–4: minimal anxiety. 5–9: mild anxiety. 10–14: moderate anxiety. 15–21: severe anxiety.
What does a GAD score of 13 mean?
6-10 moderate. 11-15 moderately severe anxiety. 15-21 moderately severe. 15-21 severe depression. Reference.
What does a GAD score of 8 mean?
Interpretation: GAD-7. All 7 questions above are each scored with one of 4 answers above. Initial Diagnosis. Score >8: Consistent with Anxiety Disorder or Panic Disorder.
Is the GAD-7 reliable?
Results. The reliability of the GAD-7 was good (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.89). A cutoff score of 7 or higher, maximizing the Youden Index, yielded a sensitivity of 73.3% and a specificity of 67.3%. One-factor structure of the GAD-7 was confirmed by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis.
What does a PHQ-9 score mean?
PHQ-9 Score Interpretation
A PHQ-9 score total of 0-4 points equals “normal” or minimal depression. Scoring between 5-9 points indicates mild depression, 10-14 points indicates moderate depression, 15-19 points indicates moderately severe depression, and 20 or more points indicates severe depression.
What are PHQ-9 and GAD-7?
The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) assessment can be used as screening tools as well as measures of symptom severity for depression (PHQ-9) and different types of anxiety (GAD-7) (Kroenke et al., 2001; Spitzer et al., 2006).
Who can administer the GAD-7?
The GAD-7 can be administered by non-clinical or clinical staff, but must be interpreted by a trained clinician.
What is the purpose of the GAD-7?
The Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) questionnaire is a seven-item, self-report anxiety questionnaire designed to assess the patient’s health status during the previous 2 weeks.
When do we use PHQ-9?
At the initial visit for depression care the PHQ-9 is used to assist with diagnosis and identification of problem symptoms. At the follow-up visit, the PHQ-9 is used to measure treatment response and identify specific symptoms that are not responding.
