Agoraphobia Subscale
Description
The Agoraphobia Subscale is a is a 5-item subscale of the Fear Questionnaire. It is meant to quickly assess the severity of the the patient's agoraphobia.
Special Instructions
Once the patient has submitted it, you may preview it on the uninitialed documents tab in the EMR. However, do not initial it or it won't later be pulled into your MobileNote.
Scores Produced
Total (0-40)
Interpretation
In a 1995 normative community sample matched to the US national census found the following scores and their percentiles:
4 = 50th percentile
10 = 80th percentile
References
Marks IM & Mathews AM. Brief standard self-rating for phobic patients. Behavior Research and Therapy. 1979;17:263-267.
Gillis, M., Haaga, D., & Ford, G. (1995). Normative values for the beck anxiety inventory, fear questionnaire, Penn State worry questionnaire, and social phobia and anxiety inventory. Psychological Assessment, 7(4), 450-455.
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