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Screening · Adults 18+

Adult ADHD Screening Questionnaire (ASRS v1.1)

The Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale is an 18-question screening tool developed with the World Health Organization. It can indicate whether a specialist assessment may be worthwhile. It takes about 3 minutes.

This is screening, not diagnosis. NICE NG87 is clear that ADHD can only be diagnosed after a comprehensive clinical assessment by an appropriately qualified professional — never from a questionnaire alone. For children under 18, please call our team or see our child ADHD assessment.

Answer each question by choosing the option that best describes how you have felt and behaved over the past 6 months. This questionnaire is for adults aged 18 and over.

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Part A — screening questions

  1. Question 1

    1.How often do you have trouble wrapping up the final details of a project, once the challenging parts have been done?

  2. Question 2

    2.How often do you have difficulty getting things in order when you have to do a task that requires organisation?

  3. Question 3

    3.How often do you have problems remembering appointments or obligations?

  4. Question 4

    4.When you have a task that requires a lot of thought, how often do you avoid or delay getting started?

  5. Question 5

    5.How often do you fidget or squirm with your hands or feet when you have to sit down for a long time?

  6. Question 6

    6.How often do you feel overly active and compelled to do things, like you were driven by a motor?

Part B — additional questions

  1. Question 7

    7.How often do you make careless mistakes when you have to work on a boring or difficult project?

  2. Question 8

    8.How often do you have difficulty keeping your attention when you are doing boring or repetitive work?

  3. Question 9

    9.How often do you have difficulty concentrating on what people say to you, even when they are speaking to you directly?

  4. Question 10

    10.How often do you misplace or have difficulty finding things at home or at work?

  5. Question 11

    11.How often are you distracted by activity or noise around you?

  6. Question 12

    12.How often do you leave your seat in meetings or other situations in which you are expected to remain seated?

  7. Question 13

    13.How often do you feel restless or fidgety?

  8. Question 14

    14.How often do you have difficulty unwinding and relaxing when you have time to yourself?

  9. Question 15

    15.How often do you find yourself talking too much when you are in social situations?

  10. Question 16

    16.When you're in a conversation, how often do you find yourself finishing the sentences of the people you are talking to, before they can finish them themselves?

  11. Question 17

    17.How often do you have difficulty waiting your turn in situations when turn taking is required?

  12. Question 18

    18.How often do you interrupt others when they are busy?

Source: Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS v1.1) Symptom Checklist, World Health Organization.

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