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DASS-21 (Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21)

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The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale - 21 Items (DASS-21) is a set of three self-report scales designed to measure the emotional states of depression, anxiety and stress.

Check your Depression, Anxiety and Stress Level using this Tool.

  • Please read each statement and choose a number 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 which indicates how much the statement applied to you over the past week.
  • There are no right or wrong answers.
  • Do not spend too much time on any statement.

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1. I found it hard to wind down
 
2. I was aware of dryness of my mouth
 
3. I couldn't seem to experience any positive feeling at all
 
4. I experienced breathing difficulty (e.g. excessively rapid breathing, breathlessness in the absence of physical exertion)
 
5. I found it difficult to work up the initiative to do things
 
6. I tended to over-react to situations
 
7. I experienced trembling (e.g. in the hands)
 
8. I felt that I was using a lot of nervous energy
 
9. I was worried about situations in which I might panic and make a fool of myself
 
10. I felt that I had nothing to look forward to
 
11. I found myself getting agitated
 
12. I found it difficult to relax
 
13. I felt down-hearted and blue
 
14. I was intolerant of anything that kept me from getting on with what I was doing
 
15. I felt I was close to panic
 
16. I was unable to become enthusiastic about anything
 
17. I felt I wasn't worth much as a person
 
18. I felt that I was rather touchy
 
19. I was aware of the action of my heart in the absence of physical exertion (e.g. sense of heart rate increase, heart missing a beat)
 
20. I felt scared without any good reason
 
21. I felt that life was meaningless
 

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