Panic Disorder Severity Scale

{{Short description|Questionnaire for anxiety assessment}}

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The Panic Disorder Severity Scale (PDSS) is a questionnaire developed for measuring the severity of panic disorder.{{cite journal |vauthors=Shear MK, Brown TA, Barlow DH, Money R, Sholomskas DE, Woods SW, etal | title=Multicenter collaborative panic disorder severity scale. | journal=Am J Psychiatry | year= 1997 | volume= 154 | issue= 11 | pages= 1571–5 | pmid=9356566 | doi= 10.1176/ajp.154.11.1571| url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9356566}} The clinician-administered PDSS is intended to assess severity and considered a reliable tool for monitoring of treatment outcome.{{cite journal |vauthors=Shear MK, Rucci P, Williams J, Frank E, Grochocinski V, Vander Bilt J, etal | title=Reliability and validity of the Panic Disorder Severity Scale: replication and extension. | journal=Journal of Psychiatric Research | year= 2001 | volume= 35 | issue= 5 | pages= 293–6 | pmid=11591432 | doi= 10.1016/S0022-3956(01)00028-0| url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11591432 }} Self-report form of the Panic Disorder Severity Scale (PDSS-SR) is used to detect possible symptoms of panic disorder, and suggest the need for a formal diagnostic assessment.{{cite journal|vauthors=Houck PR, Spiegel DA, Shear MK, Rucci P | title=Reliability of the self-report version of the panic disorder severity scale. | journal=Depress Anxiety | year= 2002 | volume= 15 | issue= 4 | pages= 183–5 | pmid=12112724 | doi=10.1002/da.10049 | s2cid=25176812 | url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12112724}}

The PDSS consists of seven items, each rated on a 5-point scale, which ranges from 0 to 4. The items assess panic frequency, distress during panic, panic-focused anticipatory anxiety, phobic avoidance of situations, phobic avoidance of physical sensations, impairment in work functioning, and impairment in social functioning. The overall assessment is made by a total score, which is calculated by summing the scores for all seven items. The total scores range from 0 to 28.

The PDSS-SR is used for screening and the scores 9 and above suggest the need for a formal diagnostic assessment.