Covi Anxiety Scale

Covi Anxiety Scale. The Covi Anxiety Scale is a global observer s rating scale of patient anxiety. There are three items that are each rated on a 0-5 scale. The test is simple to use and requires only a few minutes to complete. 

The Covi Anxiety Scale is a simple three-item scale for the assessment of severity of anxiety symptoms. The scale measures three dimensions verbal report, behavior and somatic symptoms of anxiety. Administration of the Covi Scale is very easy but, owing to a lack of specificity, it is recommended that it be combined with other, more specific instillments (e.g. some self-administered scale or the HRSA see Lipman, 1982). 

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