GAD 7 – Test Report

Clinical Internship

Trainee’s Name:

Muhammad Usman Bin Tahir

Supervisor:

Ms. Maria Ahmed

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Psychological Advisory Panel

Rawalpindi

2022
 DECLARATION

I, Muhammad Usman Bin Tahir – Trainee (Intern) Clinical Psychologist at

Psychological Advisory Panel, duration 19 July 2022 – 28 August 2022 hereby declare that

the matter presented in this test report is my own original work.

Dated: Signature of Trainee

29-07-2022
 Table of content

Sr No Topics Page No

1 Rationale of Test 04

2 Identifying Information 04

3 Test Administration 04

4 Quantitative Interpretation 05

5 Qualitative Interpretation 05

6 Behavioral Observation During Administration of Test 05

7 Conclusion 06

8 Feedback 06

9 References 07

10 Appendix 08
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HAM A – TEST REPORT

Rationale of test:

One of the most widely used diagnostic self-report scales for screening, diagnosis, and

severity evaluation of anxiety disorders is the Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7).

Rarely have its psychometric features been studied from the perspective of the Item Response

Theory paradigm. By examining the psychometric features of the GAD-7 and its implications

for scoring using Item Response Theory across a large sample of primary care patients, we

hoped to bridge this gap. (Pascal Jordan, 2017)

Identifying Information:

Name: MT

Gender: Female

Age: 19 years

Date of administration: 29-07-2022

Test Administration:

The client was informed that she would be taking a test known as the GAD 7 before

the test started. The client was then told to pay close attention because she needed to answer

the questions in the questionnaire. She was told to scale truthfully from each of the 07

questions asked, which offered four possibilities for each. She was told that the entire

questionnaire needed to be answered in light of the previous two weeks of her life. (Test

administrated proof in appendix).

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Quantitative Interpretation:

GAD 7 item numbers’ total each column.

0 1 2 3 Total

Score of Each 04 07 00 00 13

Column

Qualitative Interpretation:

Each GAD 7 test item represented a symptom for severity and diagnosis of General

Anxiety Disorder, which made it easier to understand the client's situation. The client

answered each GAD 7 item, completing the entire test. As the cutoff point for this test of

GAD in was 05, the client's overall GAD 7 score of 13 definitely indicated mild level of

GAD symptoms. (Pascal Jordan, 2017)

Client indicated a 0 for some symptoms, 1, 2, and 3 for others. The client marked her

feelings of nervous, anxious, or on edge at 1 and it was not able to stop or control which

meant that she was having this from several days in past two weeks. She was worrying about

different things from past two weeks for several days but she was having not trouble in

relaxing. She was not at all sure for the days of her restlessness, irritability, and fear.

Behavioral Observation During Administration of the Test:

The client was a 19-years-old young adult who was dressed in traditional Pakistani

dress. She took this test eagerly as she was quite interested in the results. The vocal tone was

normal with no shivering. A minor type of confusion was shown at first but she was for sure
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at the end. She completed the entire questionnaire. Mt had zero level of anxiety during the

clinical interview and was very comfortable of sharing her trigger.

Conclusion:

Therefore, it was determined that MT participated in the activity, which produced

convenient results. She was having mild GAD symptoms and was and the score of 13 in

GAD 7 which is more than the cutoff value.

Feedback:

This demonstration aided me greatly in my performance as a trainee clinical

psychologist. For us to become the best psychologists in Pakistan and serve our country,

things will certainly grow better.

Long Live Pakistan!

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References

Pascal Jordan, M. C.-M. (2017, 08 03). Psychometric analysis of the Generalized Anxiety

Disorder scale (GAD-7) in primary care using modern item response theory.

Retrieved from PLOS ONE:

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0182162
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Appendix: