22nd February 2024

Investigations

Assessment tools include:

• The Diagnostic Assessment Research Tool (DART) 
• Agoraphobia subscale of the Fear Questionnaire
• Anxiety and Related Disorder Interview Schedule for DSM-5 (AIDS-5) – a thorough, often time-consuming tool mostly used in a mental health setting.

The severity of symptoms can be assessed using:

• The mobility inventory helps assess the level of avoidance by listing 26 different situations.
• The severity measure for Agoraphobia
• The Oxford Agoraphobic Avoidance Scale