DASS

This questionnaire consists of 21 items and measures your depression, anxiety and stress in mild, moderate
and sever levels.
Please read each statement and circle a number 0, 1, 2 or 3 which indicates how much the statement
applied to you over the past week. There are no riht or wron answers. !o not spend too much time on
any statement.
The rating scale is as follows:
0 !id not apply to me at all
1 "pplied to me to some deree, or some of the time
2 "pplied to me to a considerable deree, or a ood part of time
3 "pplied to me very much, or most of the time
1# found it hard to wind down 0 1 2 3
2# was aware of dryness of my mouth 0 1 2 3
3# couldn$t seem to experience any positive feelin at all 0 1 2 3
%# experienced breathin difficulty &e, excessively rapid breathin,
breathlessness in the absence of physical exertion'
0 1 2 3
(# found it difficult to wor) up the initiative to do thins 0 1 2 3
*# tended to over+react to situations 0 1 2 3
,# experienced tremblin &e, in the hands' 0 1 2 3
-# felt that # was usin a lot of nervous enery 0 1 2 3
.# was worried about situations in which # miht panic and ma)e
a fool of myself
0 1 2 3
10# felt that # had nothin to loo) forward to 0 1 2 3
11# found myself ettin aitated 0 1 2 3
12# found it difficult to relax 0 1 2 3
13# felt down+hearted and blue 0 1 2 3
1%# was intolerant of anythin that )ept me from ettin on with
what # was doin
0 1 2 3
1(# felt # was close to panic 0 1 2 3
1*# was unable to become enthusiastic about anythin 0 1 2 3
1,# felt # wasn$t worth much as a person 0 1 2 3
1-# felt that # was rather touchy 0 1 2 3
1.# was aware of the action of my heart in the absence of physical 0 1 2 3
exertion &e, sense of heart rate increase, heart missin a beat'
20# felt scared without any ood reason 0 1 2 3
21# felt that life was meaninless 0 1 2 3
S
A
D
A
D
S
A
S
A
D
S
S
D
S
A
D
D
S
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55
A
A
D
S-stress
D-depression
A-anxiety
DASS Severity Ratings
Depression Anxiety Stress
Normal 0-9 0-7 0-14
Mild 10-13 8-9 15-18
Moderate 14-20 10-14 19-25
Severe 21-27 15-19 2-33
!xtremely 28" 20" 34"
Severe
#otal s$ore %as to &e m'ltiplied &y 2
5
10
15
20
25
30