GAD-7 (anxiety)
Generalised anxiety severity over the last 2 weeks (7 items, 0–21).
What it is for
Anxiety diagnosis & monitoring. NICE CG113 stepped care.
Use the working calculator
The working GAD-7 (anxiety) calculator is on our calculators page. It is free and needs no account. Enter the values and it shows the result with the reading that goes with it.
The calculators are free. The trial opens the protocols and pathways they link to.What you enter
The calculator asks for 7 items.
Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by:
- 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
How the result is read
The result is shown as GAD-7, out of a maximum of 21.
The calculator reads each total as follows. Where a single answer changes the reading (for example sex, age or one extreme value), the working calculator says so.
| Total | Band | What the calculator says |
|---|---|---|
| 0 to 4 | Minimal | No specific intervention. |
| 5 to 9 | Mild | Step 2 — guided self-help / psychoeducation. NHS Talking Therapies referral, low-intensity psychological. |
| 10 to 14 | Moderate | Moderate band. Treatment choice is set out in the anxiety protocol and NICE CG113. |
| 15 to 21 | Severe | Step 3+ — pharmacological + high-intensity CBT; specialist if no response. Consider MH referral. Assess function and risk. |
Sources
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Related
For qualified clinicians. A score supports a clinical decision and does not make it: check the inputs, read the cited source, and use the tools in your clinical system for patient care where one is provided.