7.31. Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD-7)¶
Note
[FROM-LP] Recommended by FROM-LP, as part of its condition-specific suggestions. [Royal College of Psychiatrists (2015). Framework for Routine Outcome Measurement in Liaison Psychiatry (FROM-LP). Faculty report FR/LP/02. https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/pdf/FRLP02.pdf.]
7.31.1. History and guide¶
See Spitzer et al. (2006) (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16717171) and the instructions (http://www.phqscreeners.com/instructions/instructions.pdf).
A score of ≥10 identifies generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) with sensitivity 89%, specificity 82% (Spitzer et al. 2006, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16717171).
A score of ≥10 identifies panic disorder with sensitivity 74%, specificity 81% (Kroenke et al. 2010, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20633738).
A score of ≥10 identifies social anxiety with sensitivity 72%, specificity 80% (Kroenke et al. 2010).
A score of ≥10 identifies post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with sensitivity 66%, specificity 81% (Kroenke et al. 2010).
7.31.2. Source¶
Original source is at www.phqscreeners.com.
7.31.3. Intellectual property rights¶
Public domain.
- “All PHQ, GAD-7 screeners and translations are downloadable from this website and no permission is required to reproduce, translate, display or distribute them. Relevant articles and a bibliography are also freely available.” (http://www.phqscreeners.com/overview.aspx, accessed 2012-09-04.)
- “All of the measures included in Table 1 are in the public domain. No permission is required to reproduce, translate, display or distribute.” (http://www.phqscreeners.com/instructions/instructions.pdf, accessed 2012-09-04.)