Online Anxiety Test (GAD 7)

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About the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Test (GAD-7)

  • Purpose: This simple questionnaire assesses the severity of the most common seven anxious disorder symptoms. 
  • Background: Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a chronic condition marked by excessive, uncontrollable worry about daily life, impacting various aspects of functioning.
  • Time Frame for Responses: Individuals are encouraged to reflect on their experiences and state of mind over the past two weeks when responding to the GAD-7 questions.

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The quiz is anonymous. You must be 18 years or older to take this quiz. We do not save or collect any information.

Please answer the following questions by considering your behavior in the past 2 weeks:

1. Feeling nervous, anxious or on edge:





2. Not being able to stop or control worrying:





3. Worrying too much about different things:





4. Trouble relaxing:





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





6. Becoming easily annoyed or irritable:





7. Feeling afraid as if something awful might happen:







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Interpretation

Your Score

  • The outcome provided by the GAD-7 calculator is intended to ascertain the presence and intensity of an anxiety disorder.
  • The scoring system, where each of the seven items is rated from 0 to 3, yields a total score ranging from 0 (no anxiety) to 21 (severe anxiety).

The following are the possible scores from this test:

  • 0 - 4   No or little anxiety
  • 5 - 9   Mild anxiety disorder
  • 10 - 14   Moderate anxiety disorder
  • 15 - 21   Severe anxiety disorder

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Thank you for taking the time to complete our online mental health assessment. If you have any concerns or questions about your results, we encourage you to discuss them with a licensed BetterHelp therapist who can provide tailored guidance and support.

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Sources

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596  

Spitzer RL, Kroenke K, Williams JB, Löwe B. A brief measure for assessing generalized anxiety disorder: the GAD-7. Arch Intern Med. 2006 May 22;166(10):1092-7. 

Löwe B, Decker O, Müller S, Brähler E, Schellberg D, Herzog W, Herzberg PY. Validation and standardization of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener (GAD-7) in the general population. Med Care. 2008; 46(3):266-74.