Impact of Event Scale - Revised (IES-R) Test - the question form
Questions: 22 · 5 minutes
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1. Any reminder brought back feelings about it.
1 – Not at all
2 – A little bit
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
2. I had trouble staying asleep.
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
3. Reminders of it caused me to think about it constantly.
1 - Never
2 - Rarely
3 - Sometimes
4 - Often
4. I felt irritable and angry.
1 – Not at all
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
5. I tried not to get upset when I thought about it or when something reminded me of it.
1 – Not at all
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
6. I thought about it when I did not mean to.
1 – Not at all
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
7. I felt as if it had not happened or was not real.
1 – Not at all
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
8. I tried to avoid reminders of the event.
1 - Not at all
2 - Rarely
3 - Sometimes
4 - Often
9. Pictures about what happened suddenly popped into my mind.
1 – Never
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
10. I felt watchful and on-guard, and I was easily startled.
1 – Never
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
11. I tried not to think about what happened.
1 – Not at all
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
12. I realized that I was still overwhelmed by what happened, but I did not do anything to avoid these feelings.
1 – Never
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
13. I felt numb, as if my feelings about what happened were frozen.
1 – Never
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
14. I found myself acting or feeling as if I were back in that stressful experience.
1 – Not at all
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
15. I had trouble falling asleep.
1 – Not at all
2 – A little bit
3 – Moderately
4 – Often
16. I had waves of strong feelings about it.
1 – Not at all
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
17. I tried to remove it from my memory.
1 – Not at all
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
18. I had trouble concentrating.
1 – Not at all
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
19. I had physical reactions (such as sweating, trouble breathing, nausea, or a pounding heart) when something reminded me of the event.
1 – Not at all
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
20. I had distressing dreams about what happened.
Not at all
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
21. I felt watchful and on-guard.
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
22. I tried not to talk about it.
1 – Not at all
2 – A little bit
3 – Moderately
4 – Quite a bit
1. Any reminder brought back feelings about it.
1 – Not at all
2 – A little bit
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
2. I had trouble staying asleep.
1 – Not at all
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
3. Certain things kept making me think about what happened to me.
1 – Never
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
4. I felt irritable and angry.
1 – Never
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
5. I tried not to get upset when I thought about it or was reminded of it.
1 – Not at all
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
6. I had thoughts about it when I did not mean to.
1 – Not at all
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
7. I felt as if what happened was not real or as if what was happening was not real.
1 – Not at all
2 – A little bit
3 – Moderately
4 – Quite a bit
8. I tried not to think about it.
1 – Not at all
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
9. Pictures about what happened suddenly popped into my mind.
Not at all
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
10. I felt watchful and on-guard, and I startled easily.
1 – Not at all
2 – A little bit
3 – Moderately
4 – Quite a bit
11. I tried not to think about what happened.
1 – Not at all
2 – A little bit
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
12. I found that I still had a lot of feelings about it, but I did not deal with them.
1 – Not at all
2 – A little bit
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
13. I felt numb, as if my feelings about what happened were frozen.
1 – Not at all
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
14. I found myself acting or feeling as though I were back in that situation.
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
15. I had trouble falling asleep.
1 – Not at all
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
16. I had waves of intense, overwhelming feelings about the event.
1 – Never
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
17. I tried not to think about it.
1 – Not at all
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
18. I had trouble concentrating.
1 – Not at all
2 – A little bit
3 – Moderately
4 – Quite a bit
19. When something reminded me of the event, I had physical reactions (for example, sweating, trouble breathing, nausea, or a pounding heart).
Not at all
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
20. I had dreams about what happened.
1 – Not at all
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
21. I felt watchful or on-guard and expected something bad to happen.
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
22. I tried not to talk about it.
1 – Not at all
2 – A little bit
3 – Moderately
4 – Extremely