Form: Panic and Agoraphobia Scale, PAS

Panic and Agoraphobia Scale, PAS
1. Frequency.
No panic attack 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 attacks daily
2. Severity.
No panic attacks
Attacks were usually very mild
Attacks were usually moderate
Attacks were usually severe
Attacks were usually extremely severe
3. Average duration of panic attacks.
No panic attacks
1 to 10 min
Over 10-60 min
Over 1-2 h
Over 2 h or more
4. Avoidance behaviour.
No avoidance (or no agoraphobia)
Infrequent avoidance of feared situations
Occasional avoidance of feared situations
Frequent avoidance of feared situations
Very frequent avoidance of feared situations
5. Number of feared situations: How many situations are avoided or induce panic attacks or discomfort?
None (or no agoraphobia)
1 situation
2-3 situations
4-8 situations
Occurred in very many different situations
6. Importance of avoided situations: How important are the avoided situations?
Unimportant (or no agoraphobia)
Not very important
Moderately important
Very important
Extremely important
7. Frequency.
No fear of having a panic attack
Infrequent fear of having a panic attack
Sometimes fear of having a panic attack
Frequent fear of having a panic attack
Fear of having a panic attack all the time
8. How strong was this «fear of fear»?
No
Mild
Moderate
Marked
Extreme
9. Disability in family relationships (partnership, children etc.)
No
Mild
Moderate
Marked
Extreme
10. Disability in social relationships and leisure time (social events like cinema etc.)
No
Mild
Moderate
Marked
Extreme
11. Disability in employment (or housework).
No
Mild
Moderate
Marked
Extreme
12. Worries about health damage. Patient was worried about suffering bodily damage due to the disorder.
Not true
Hardly true
Partly true
Mostly true
Definitely true
13. Assumption of organic disease. Patient thought that his anxiety symptoms are due to a somatic and not to a psychological disorder.
Not true, psychological disorder
Hardly true
Partly true
Mostly true
Definitely true, somatic disorder