NEW GAD-7 Calculator now available

We are pleased to announce we have a new GAD-7 Calculator available now to Vision+ users and will be available to download for Vision Anywhere soon

Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) is one of the most common mental disorders; however, there is no brief clinical measure for assessing GAD. The calculator has been developed to create a  brief self-report scale to identify probable cases of GAD and evaluate its reliability and validity.

The GAD-7 is a mental health evaluation model aimed at anxiety severity. It takes the form of a questionnaire that is administered to patients in the clinical environment.

The patient is prompted to consider their behaviour in the past two weeks, by taking into account the following:

1. Feeling nervous, anxious or on edge;

2. Not being able to stop or control worrying;

3. Worrying too much about different things;

4. Trouble relaxing;

5. Being so restless that it is hard to sit still;

6. Becoming easily annoyed or irritable;

7. Feeling afraid as if something awful might happen.

Each of the 7 criteria is accompanied by a scale describing the frequency of the anxious sign, as exhibited in the 2 weeks prior to the evaluation.

The result provided by the GAD-7 calculator is aimed at revealing whether an anxiety disorder is present and to what degree.

To access the new GAD-7 calculator, from consultation Manager, select Vision+ from the floating toolbar and select Calculators - Mental Health- GAD-7

For further information please click here the access the user guide.

We are on a continuous journey, delivering new tools and extra functionality to our customers, and are currently working on a number of calculators which we will share with you over the coming weeks, so that you can continue to work smarter, not harder.