Your Results — Anxiety Test:

Moderate Anxiety

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About your score

Each of your answers has a score of 0-3. Click ‘Your Answers’ above to see your score for each question. Adding these up provides your Total Score.

Not at all = 0; Several days = 1; More than half the days = 2; Nearly every day = 3

Interpreting your Total Score

  • 0-4: minimal anxiety
  • 5-9: mild anxiety
  • 10-14: moderate anxiety
  • 15-21: severe anxiety

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Option 2: Track your scores manually:

  1. Print or email your initial results. This is your baseline.
  2. Continue to screen at regular intervals (for example, every 2 weeks).
  3. Note any changes in your Total Score (above).
  4. Print or email results and bring them to someone who is helping you in your recovery.

Source

Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders Patient Health Questionnaire (PRIME-MD-PHQ). The PHQ, including the GAD-7, was developed by Drs. Robert L. Spitzer, Janet B.W. Williams, Kurt Kroenke, and colleagues. For research information, contact Dr. Spitzer at [email protected]. PRIME-MD® is a trademark of Pfizer Inc. Copyright© 1999 Pfizer Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission.

Your Answers

1. Feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge
Several days (1)
2. Not being able to stop or control worrying
Nearly every day (3)
3. Worrying too much about different things
Nearly every day (3)
4. Trouble relaxing
Not at all (0)
5. Being so restless that it is hard to sit still
Not at all (0)
6. Becoming easily annoyed or irritable
More than half the days (2)
7. Feeling afraid, as if something awful might happen
Nearly every day (3)

Your results indicate that you may be experiencing some signs of moderate anxiety.

These results are not meant to be a diagnosis. You can meet with a doctor or therapist to get a diagnosis and/or access therapy or medications. Sharing these results with someone you trust can be a great place to start.

Next Steps

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More Info & Resources for Anxiety

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  3. How can I help a loved one with anxiety?
  4. How common is anxiety?
  5. Benzodiazepines
  6. Dealing with Change
  7. Dealing with the Worst-Case Scenario
  8. I can stop wanting control
  9. ADAA Online Peer-to-Peer Anxiety and Depression Support Group
  10. Dealing with Tough Situations
  11. Do I have anxiety?
  12. I can’t get over things that happened in the past
  13. I don’t want to leave my room
  14. How do I get a service animal?
  15. Feeling lonely in a crowd
  16. I can’t get out of bed
  17. I can’t stop snapping at people!
  18. I can’t sit still!
  19. How can I be ok when the world is terrible?
  20. I am a failure
  21. More articles about Anxiety
This test was taken on March 2, 2021, 8:50 pm EST. To view this result on the web, visit:
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