PSWQ

Penn State Worry Questionnaire

Domain
Anxiety
Items
16
Rater
Self-report

Cutoffs

BandScore
Mod45
High/GAD≥65

Diagnostic performance

Sensitivity
0.75
Specificity
0.86
AUC / note
0.86

Clinical notes

Trait worry; useful for monitoring CBT for GAD.

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.