ADHD Screening

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Adult ADHD Screening (ASRS v1.1)

Many adults live with ADHD without recognising it because the signs can be mistaken for stress, poor organisation or a demanding lifestyle. This six-question screener, developed with the World Health Organization, is a starting point to help you recognise the signs, not a diagnosis.

About 5 minutes
Adults 18+
Private, nothing is sent or stored
Validated screenerUses the official ASRS v1.1 six-question scoring method.
Private by designAnswers and scoring remain in your browser and are not submitted.
Clear next stepsYour result explains what it means and when assessment may help.
Your privacy: this page calculates your result locally on your device. It does not send your answers to Convo Africa, a therapist or another service. Printing, copying or emailing a summary only happens when you choose that action.
Before you start: answer based on how you’ve felt and behaved over the past 6 months. This screener does not diagnose ADHD, it flags whether a fuller evaluation may be worthwhile. Only a qualified clinician can diagnose ADHD.
The six-question screener
0 of 6 answered
1

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

2

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

3

How often do you have problems remembering appointments or obligations?

4

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

5

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

6

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

Answer all six to see your result. Your answers stay on this device.
Official Screening Result
0/6 in the shaded range

Threshold for a positive ASRS v1.1 screen: 4 or more

Headline

Narrative

Your breakdown, for context — the ASRS v1.1 6-item screener is only officially scored as a single 4-of-6 result; it is not a validated instrument for subscale scoring. The grouping below is an informal, plain-language way to see which flavour of symptoms showed up more for you, treat it as a conversation starter, not a clinical subscore.
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      About this tool: Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale-V1.1 (ASRS-V1.1) 6-Question Screener. © New York University and Ronald C. Kessler, PhD. All rights reserved. Reproduced electronically under the terms of the ASRS v1.1 6-Question Screener licence, item wording, response options and scoring are unaltered from the original instrument. Citation: Kessler RC, Adler L, Ames M, Demler O, Faraone S, Hiripi E, Howes MJ, Jin R, Secnik K, Spencer T, Ustun TB, Walters EE. The World Health Organization Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS): a short screening scale for use in the general population. Psychological Medicine. 2005;35(2):245-256. This tool is a screener, not a diagnostic instrument, and does not replace consultation with a trained healthcare professional.
      Clinical review

      Reviewed for safety, clarity and clinical accuracy by Dr Fridah Wachira, Clinical Reviewer, Convo Africa. This page provides screening and general education and does not replace an individual clinical assessment.