Assessment reference library

Trauma · 10 items

Survey Doctor’s 10-item ACE questionnaire counts childhood-adversity categories with the 2006 ACE Score Calculator questions. It is not a diagnostic or individual risk tool.

Alcohol use · 10 items

What the 10-item AUDIT measures, how its 0-to-40 score works, and why WHO risk zones guide follow-up rather than diagnose an alcohol use disorder.

Alcohol use · 3 items

What AUDIT-C measures, how its 0-to-12 total works, and why a positive cutoff depends on the exact form and screening policy.

Anxiety · 21 items

What the 21-item Beck Anxiety Inventory measures, how its 0-to-63 total and common score bands work, and why physical symptoms need context.

Sleep apnea risk · 10 items

What the Berlin Questionnaire measures, how its three-category algorithm works, and why a high-risk result does not diagnose obstructive sleep apnea.

Resilience · 6 items

What the six-item Brief Resilience Scale measures, how its 1-to-5 average is calculated, and why it has no universal score bands.

Substance Use · 4 items

A 4-item alcohol screening questionnaire about lifetime experiences related to drinking. The acronym CAGE represents Cut down, Annoyed, Guilty, and Eye-opener.

Substance use · 4 items

What the four-item CAGE-AID screens for, how its 0-to-4 score works, and why one-point and two-point decision rules serve different purposes.

Resilience · 25 items

What the 25-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale measures, how its 0-to-100 total works, and why it has no universal cutoffs.

Depression · 20 items

The CESD-R is a 20-item adult depression symptom measure. Learn how its 0 to 60 total, cutoff of 16, and category algorithm work together.

Depression · 18 items

How the 18-item CUDOS produces a 0-to-64 symptom score, what its approximate ranges mean, and why function and safety need separate review.

Anxiety · 20 items

What the 20-item CUXOS measures, how its 0-to-80 total and approximate score bands work, and why physical symptoms need context.

Comprehensive · 21 items

A 21-item self-report questionnaire designed to measure the severity of depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms over the past week.

Emotional distress · 42 items

What the DASS-42 measures, how its three 0-to-42 scale scores work, and why DASS-21 scores use a different calculation.

Substance use · 10 items

What the 10-item DAST measures, how its 0-to-10 score works, and why the result needs follow-up rather than a diagnosis.

OCD · 20 items

A 20-item self-report measure of obsessive-compulsive symptom severity across four dimensions: contamination, responsibility for harm, unacceptable thoughts, and symmetry.

Substance use · 11 items

What the 11-item DUDIT measures, how its 0-to-44 total is calculated, and why its published cutoffs need population context.

Eating disorders · 26 items

What the 26-item EAT-26 screens for, how its 0-to-78 total works, and why referral can be appropriate even below a score of 20.

Daytime sleepiness · 8 items

What the eight-item Epworth Sleepiness Scale measures, how its 0-to-24 score is calculated, and what its five score ranges mean.

Mental wellbeing · 8 items

What the eight-item Flourishing Scale measures, how its 8-to-56 total works, and why the score has no universal clinical bands.

Substance Use · 6 items

The six-item FTND describes cigarette-related nicotine dependence on a 0-to-10 scale. Survey Doctor assumes the person currently smokes cigarettes.

Anxiety · 2 items

Take the adult GAD-2 anxiety screen. Two questions cover the past two weeks and produce a 0 to 6 total; a score of 3 supports fuller assessment.

Anxiety · 7 items

The adult English GAD-7 asks seven questions over two weeks and produces a 0-to-21 anxiety symptom score. A separate difficulty response is not scored.

Depression · 15 items

The GDS-15 asks 15 yes-or-no questions about the past week and returns a 0-to-15 older-adult depression screening score. It does not diagnose depression.

Depression · 30 items

What the original 30-item Geriatric Depression Scale measures, how its 0-to-30 score works, and why the result is not a diagnosis.

Anxiety · 14 items

A 14-item clinician-rated scale to assess the severity of anxiety symptoms.

Depression · 17 items

The HAM-D is a clinician-administered 17-item rating of depression severity. Survey Doctor uses the HDRS-17 form hosted by the University of Florida, scored 0 to 52.

Personality · 50 items

Take the 50-item IPIP-50. Survey Doctor reports five separate raw Big Five trait scores, without an overall personality total or percentiles.

Personality · 120 items

Take the 120-item IPIP-NEO-120. Survey Doctor reports five raw Big Five domain scores and 30 facet scores, without an overall total or percentiles.

Pelvic Health · 8 items

An 8-question form for lower urinary tract symptoms in men. The seven AUA Symptom Index questions form a 0-35 symptom score, and an eighth question records a separate 0-6 quality-of-life response.

Insomnia · 7 items

What the seven-item Insomnia Severity Index measures, how its 0-to-28 score is calculated, and how to interpret the usual score ranges.

Pelvic Health · 2 items

The revised ISI multiplies urinary leakage frequency by amount. Its published 0-to-12 key contains nine attainable totals and four severity categories.

Psychological distress · 10 items

What the K10 measures, why totals can run from 0 to 40 or 10 to 50, and how official reporting bands differ.

Psychological distress · 6 items

What the K6 measures, how its two scoring systems work, and why a score of 13 or more is not a diagnosis.

Social anxiety · 24 items

How the 24-situation clinician-administered LSAS is scored from 0 to 144, what its fear and avoidance totals mean, and how it differs from LSAS-SR.

Depression · 10 items

The Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) is a 10-item clinician rating of depressive symptoms. A trained rater scores each item from 0 to 6 after a clinical interview, and the ten ratings add to a total from 0 to 60.

Substance Use · 24 items

Survey Doctor’s MAST asks 24 weighted yes-or-no questions about drinking-related experiences and reports a total from 0 to 53.

Bipolar disorder screening · 15 items

What the Mood Disorder Questionnaire screens for, how its three-part positive-screen rule works, and why it is not a 0-to-15 severity scale.

Pelvic Health · 13 items

A nine-question index, presented as 13 response rows, that measures symptoms in men with chronic prostatitis or chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) across three domains: pain, urinary symptoms, and quality-of-life impact.

OCD · 18 items

The OCI-R reports six 0-to-12 symptom subscales and a 0-to-72 total for distress during the past month.

PTSD · 6 items

The PC-PTSD-5 uses an unscored trauma gate followed, when endorsed, by five past-month symptom questions scored 0 to 5.

PTSD · 20 items

Take the 20-item PCL-5 for past-month PTSD symptoms. Survey Doctor reports a 0 to 80 total and four cluster sums but does not collect the official worst-event field.

PTSD · 17 items

The legacy DSM-IV PCL-C uses 17 past-month ratings to produce a 17-to-85 total. Survey Doctor does not report cluster or DSM-rule outputs.

Panic symptoms · 7 items

How the seven-item clinician-administered PDSS is reported as a 0-to-28 sum or 0-to-4 average, what the score means, and which limits matter.

Pelvic Health · 20 items

The PFDI-20 reports three pelvic floor symptom-bother domains from 0 to 100 and a 0-to-300 total for the last 3 months. Survey Doctor shows each symptom as one choice.

Pelvic Health · 1 item

The PGI-I records one ordered 1-to-7 judgment of change. Survey Doctor uses the urinary version tested in women with stress urinary incontinence.

Physical Symptoms · 15 items

The PHQ-15 records how much 15 physical symptoms bothered an adult over four weeks. A complete score runs from 0 to 30; skipping the optional women-only item lowers the maximum to 28.

Depression · 2 items

The PHQ-2 is a two-question adult depression screen. Learn how it is scored, what a positive result means, and when to use the PHQ-9 next.

Anxiety & Depression · 4 items

The PHQ-4 is a four-question adult screen for anxiety and depression symptoms. Learn what its 0 to 12 total and two-question scores can and cannot show.

Depression · 8 items

The PHQ-8 asks about eight depression symptoms over two weeks and returns a 0-to-24 total. It omits PHQ-9 item 9 and collects no suicide or self-harm answer.

Depression · 9 items

Take the adult English PHQ-9 depression screen. Nine questions cover symptoms from the past two weeks and produce a score from 0 to 27.

Multi-domain symptoms · 37 items

How PHQ-SADS combines three scored symptom scales with panic and difficulty questions, and why its component totals stay separate.

Sleep · 8 items

An 8-item measure of sleep quality, sleep depth, and restoration associated with sleep. Assesses perceptions of nighttime sleep experience over the past 7 days. Part of the NIH PROMIS measurement system.

Sleep · 8 items

An 8-item measure of alertness, sleepiness, tiredness, and functional impairments associated with sleep problems during waking hours. Part of the NIH PROMIS measurement system.

Stress · 10 items

What the PSS-10 measures, how its total is calculated, and why the score has no universal clinical bands.

Worry · 16 items

How the 16-item Penn State Worry Questionnaire is scored from 16 to 80, what a higher total means, and why published cutoffs are not universal.

Depression · 16 items

The QIDS-SR-16 turns 14 selected answers across 16 items into nine domain scores and a 0-to-27 depression symptom total.

Pelvic Health · 6 items

The six-item QUID reports separate 0-to-15 Stress and Urge scores, then records whether neither, one, or both screening thresholds are met.

Personality · 10 items

Survey Doctor uses a common 1-to-4 Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale adaptation, producing a 10-to-40 total with no validated universal cutoffs.

Eating disorders · 5 items

What the five-question SCOFF screens for, how its 0-to-5 total works, and why a score of 2 supports assessment rather than a diagnosis.

Social anxiety · 20 items

How the commonly used 20-item Social Interaction Anxiety Scale is scored from 0 to 80, what a higher total means, and how it differs from SPS and LSAS.

Social anxiety · 20 items

How the 20-item Social Phobia Scale is scored from 0 to 80, what a higher total means, and how SPS differs from SIAS and LSAS.

Mental wellbeing · 7 items

What the seven-item SWEMWBS measures, why its raw 7-to-35 total needs conversion, and how to interpret the metric score.

Life satisfaction · 5 items

What the five-item Satisfaction with Life Scale measures, how its 5-to-35 total works, and what the developer score bands mean.

Personality · 10 items

The TIPI reports five Big Five trait averages from ten items. It has no overall score, validated universal bands, or better direction.

Mental wellbeing · 14 items

What the 14-item WEMWBS measures, how its 14-to-70 total works, and why population context matters when interpreting it.

Wellbeing · 5 items

What the five-item WHO-5 measures, how its 0-to-25 raw score converts to a percentage, and what a score below 13 means.

OCD · 10 items

A clinician-rated scale designed to measure the severity and type of symptoms in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

OCD · 10 items

A clinician-administered second-edition scale for recording obsessive-compulsive symptoms and rating their severity.