Anxiety Screening Test

The following is a questionnaire designed to help measure the strength and severity of your anxiety symptoms, from mild to very severe.

The test involves answering a series of questions associated with different potential categories of anxiety symptoms, relating to your mood, sleeping, and other physical responses.

When completing the assessment, rate each category of symptoms based on the extent to which you have experienced its effects over the past week.

For each symptom group, choose the option that best describes how severe it has been for you recently.

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Anxious mood (worry, apprehension, feeling on edge, irritability).

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Tension (restlessness, inability to relax, feeling keyed up, easily startled).

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Fears (e.g., fear of crowds, strangers, being alone, travelling, specific situations).

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Insomnia (trouble falling asleep, waking during the night, poor/restless sleep).

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Cognitive difficulties (difficulty concentrating, poor memory, mind going blank).

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Depressed mood (low mood, loss of interest/pleasure, hopelessness).

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Muscular symptoms (aches/pains, muscle tension, trembling, twitching).

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Sensory symptoms (tingling, numbness, ringing in ears, blurred vision, hot/cold flushes).

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Cardiovascular symptoms (palpitations, racing heart, chest discomfort).

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Respiratory symptoms (shortness of breath, tight chest, choking feelings, sighing).

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Gastrointestinal symptoms (nausea, stomach upset, diarrhea/constipation, abdominal discomfort).

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Genitourinary symptoms (urinary frequency/urgency, sexual difficulties).

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Autonomic symptoms (dry mouth, sweating, dizziness/lightheadedness, headaches).

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Visible/behavioural signs of anxiety (fidgeting, shakiness, trembling voice, feeling unable to sit still).

Source

Hamilton, M. (1959). The Assessment of Anxiety States by Rating . British Journal of Medical Psychology, 32(1), 50–55. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8341.1959.tb00467.x

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