Test your Anxiety

Test your Anxiety level

Take the test below as often as you need, keep/record the results so that you can compare your level of anxiety over time.

This test is very personal, we do not record your answers or the results of the test. Only you can see what answers you give yourself so be honest and above all do not kid yourself. Your first response without giving the question much thought is usually the correct one.

The K10 uses a choice of five responses for each question – all of the time, most of the time, some of the time, a little of the time and none of the time which can be scored from five through to one.

The maximum score is 50 indicating severe distress, the minimum score is 10 indicating no distress.

Questions 3 and 6 are not asked if the preceding question was ‘none of the time’ in which case questions 3 and 6 would automatically receive a score of one.

The Test

For all questions below, please select the appropriate response.

K10 Test, in the past 4 weeks:	None of the time	A little of the time	Some of the time	Most of the time	All of the time
Score	1	2	3	4	5	Your  Score
1. About how often did you feel tired out for no good reason?
2. About how often did you feel nervous?
3. About how often did you feel so nervous that nothing could calm you down?
4. About how often did you feel hopeless?
5. About how often did you feel restless or fidgety?
6. About how often did you feel so restless you could not sit still?
7. About how often did you feel depressed?
8. About how often did you feel that everything was an effort?
9. About how often did you feel so sad that nothing could cheer you up?
10. About how often did you feel worthless?
				Total	Score

To see what your score means click here.

For further information on the K10 please refer to the Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety & Depression www.crufad.org or Andrews, G Slade, T.

Interpreting score on the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10). Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health: 2001; 25:6: 494-497.