The GAD-7 Anxiety Scale is a quick, reliable tool to understand anxiety symptoms and their impact on your daily life. In just a few minutes, it helps you reflect on how worry, restlessness, or tension has affected you over the past two weeks.
Identify anxiety symptoms early
Measure severity over time
Start meaningful conversations with a therapist
It’s not a diagnosis but a first step toward emotional well-being.
Think about the last two weeks
Choose: Not at all, Several days, More than half the days, or Nearly every day
Respond honestly for accurate insights
0–4: Minimal anxiety
5–9: Mild
10–14: Moderate
15–21: Severe
Your therapist can interpret the results and guide you toward helpful next steps.
This is calculated by assigning scores of 0, 1, 2, and 3 to the response categories, respectively,
of “not at all,” “several days,” “more than half the days,” and “nearly every day.”
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