Hierarchy | Anxiety symptom severity rating scales | Abbreviation |
---|---|---|
1 | Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale | RCMAS |
2 | Spence Children's Anxiety Scale | SCAS |
3 | Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children | MASC |
4 | State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children | STAIC |
5 | Screen for Anxiety and Related Disorders | SCARED |
6 | Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale | RCADS |
7 | Clinician severity ratings | CSR |
8 | Fear Survey Schedule for Children | FSSC |
9 | Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index | CASI |
10 | Beck Anxiety Inventory | BAI |
11 | Child Behavior Checklist-Internalising | CBCL-Int |
12 | Pediatric Anxiety Rating Scale | PARS |
Where different anxiety symptom severity rating scales were used for the purpose of pooling results, we chose the single best available outcome measure according to a hierarchy based on psychometric properties and frequency of use with children and adolescents.