Panic and Agoraphobia Scale, PAS Test - the question form
Questions: 13 · 3 minutes
1. Frequency of panic attacks.
No panic attacks in the past week
1 panic attack in the past week
2 or 3 panic attacks in the past week
4–6 panic attacks in the past week
1 or more panic attacks per day
2. Severity of panic attacks.
No panic attacks
Attacks were usually very mild
Attacks were usually of moderate severity
Attacks were usually severe
Attacks were usually extremely severe
3. Average duration of panic attacks.
There were no panic attacks
1–10 minutes
10–60 minutes
1–2 hours
2 hours or more
4. Avoidance behavior.
No avoidance (no agoraphobia)
Rare avoidance of situations that provoke fear
Occasional avoidance of situations that provoke fear
Frequent avoidance of situations that provoke fear
Very frequent avoidance of situations that provoke fear
5. Number of feared situations. How many situations do you avoid, or how many situations trigger panic attacks or marked discomfort?
None (no agoraphobia)
1 situation
2 to 3 situations
4 to 8 situations
Very many situations
6. Importance of avoided situations. How important are the situations you avoid?
None (no agoraphobia)
Not very important
Moderately important
Very important
Extremely important
7. Frequency of fear of having a panic attack.
No fear of a panic attack
Fear of a panic attack rarely
Fear of a panic attack sometimes
Fear of a panic attack often
Fear of a panic attack constantly
8. How intense was this "fear of fear"?
No fear
Mild fear
Moderate fear
Marked fear
Extreme fear
9. Impairment in family relationships (with spouse/partner, children, etc.)
Not at all
Slightly
Moderately
Significantly
Very severely
10. Limitations in social relationships and leisure activities (social events or entertainment, such as going to the movies, etc.)
None
Slightly
Moderately
Markedly
Very severely
11. Impairment in work (or household tasks).
Not at all
Slightly
Moderately
Markedly
Very severely
12. Worry about harm to health. Did you worry that, because of your condition, you might suffer physical harm?
No
Hardly
Partly true
Mostly true
Completely true
13. Belief in an organic illness. Did the patient believe that their anxiety symptoms were caused by a physical (somatic) illness rather than a psychological disorder?
No: psychological causes
Hardly
Partly true
Mostly true
Absolutely true: a physical (somatic) illness