Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7)
The Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7) is a widely used, validated and reliable self-report tool for screening, diagnosing and assessing severity of an anxiety disorder. Individuals are asked to rate seven items pertaining to anxiety symptoms which are scored from 0-3, and the score is totaled. Anxiety is rated as either minimal, mild, moderate or severe. The GAD-7 was administered at baseline, and again upon discharge (Spitzer et al., 2006).