GAD-7

Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7

Domain
Anxiety
Items
7
Rater
Self-report

Cutoffs

BandScore
Mild5
Mod10
Severe15

Diagnostic performance

Sensitivity
0.89
Specificity
0.82
AUC / note
0.91 (≥10)

Clinical notes

Primary care GAD screen; also reasonable for panic, social anxiety, PTSD at ≥10.

Cutoffs and performance figures are pooled or landmark estimates and vary by population and comparator. Use only with appropriate clinical training. Not a diagnostic algorithm.