Process / pipelineSelf-report anxiety assessment
Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (ZRAS)
The Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (ZRAS), also known as the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), is a 20-item self-report measure of anxiety symptoms. Developed by William W. K. Zung in 1971, the ZRAS assesses psychological and somatic manifestations of anxiety in the past week. It is widely used for anxiety screening in primary care, general medical settings, and mental health research.
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- Zung, W. W. (1971). A rating instrument for anxiety disorders. Psychosomatics, 12(6), 371-379. DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3182(71)71479-0 ↗
- Dunstan, D. A., Scott, N., & Todd, A. K. (2005). Screening for anxiety and depression: Reassessing the utility of the Zung scales. BMC Psychiatry, 5, 8. DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-5-8 ↗