GAD-7 Anxiety Screener
Administer the seven-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (Spitzer 2006).
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- GAD-7 item 1
- 1
- GAD-7 item 2
- 1
- GAD-7 item 3
- 1
- GAD-7 item 4
- 2
- GAD-7 item 5
- 0
- GAD-7 item 6
- 1
- GAD-7 item 7
- 1
Result: Score 7 of 21 = Mild anxiety.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- 0-4
- Minimal anxiety per source.
- 5-9
- Mild anxiety per source.
- 10-14
- Moderate anxiety per source.
- 15-21
- Severe anxiety per source.
What you enter
- GAD-7 item 1 (0-3)
- GAD-7 item 2 (0-3)
- GAD-7 item 3 (0-3)
- GAD-7 item 4 (0-3)
- GAD-7 item 5 (0-3)
- GAD-7 item 6 (0-3)
- GAD-7 item 7 (0-3)
What this is
Each item is scored 0-3 ("not at all" to "nearly every day") over the past two weeks; Sophie Well sums to a 0-21 total and returns the published severity band - minimal (0-4), mild (5-9), moderate (10-14), or severe (15-21) - plus the conventional treatment-consideration threshold at 10.
When to use it
Use this as a primary-care or behavioral-health screener for generalized anxiety, or to track response over time during treatment. GAD-7 is a screening instrument, not a diagnostic test; a positive score warrants a structured clinical interview, and item 9 of the paired PHQ-9 should be reviewed in parallel for active suicidality.
How this is calculated
Spitzer RL, et al. GAD-7. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166(10):1092-1097. Read the source ↗
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