World Health Organization Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale - ASRS

Technical Manual

Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Created: January 28, 2018

Last Modified: January 26, 2025 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC

Background

This script implements a computerized version of the 18 question Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS) by the World Health Organization (WHO)

References

https://www.mentalhealthprofessionalsinc.com/Forms/Adult_ADHD_Self-Report_Scale_(ASRS-v1.1).pdf

Duration

3 minutes

Description

18 5-point likert scale, organized in two parts: part A (inattentive), part B (hyperactive/impulsive)

Summary Data

File Name: asrs_18_summary.iqdat

Data Fields

NameDescription
inquisit.version Inquisit version number
computer.platform Device platform: win | mac |ios | android
computer.touch 0 = device has no touchscreen capabilities; 1 = device has touchscreen capabilities
computer.hasKeyboard 0 = no external keyboard detected; 1 = external keyboard detected
startDate Date the session was run
startTime Time the session was run
subjectId Participant ID
groupId Group number
sessionId Session number
elapsedTime Session duration in ms
completed 0 = Test was not completed
1 = Test was completed
partA (inattentive): the sum of the scores from question1-question9 (Range: 0 - 36)
("Never"=0, "Rarely"=1, "Sometimes"=2, "Often"=3, "Very often"=4)
Interpretation: 0-16 = unlikely to have ADHD, 17-23: likely to have ADHD, 24 and above: highly likely to have ADHAD
partB (hyperactive/impulsive): the sum of the scores from question10-question18 (Range: 0 - 36)
("Never"=0, "Rarely"=1, "Sometimes"=2, "Often"=3, "Very often"=4)
Interpretation: 0-16 = unlikely to have ADHD, 17-23: likely to have ADHD, 24 and above: highly likely to have ADHAD

Raw Data

File Name: asrs_18.iqdat

Data Fields

NameDescription
date Date the session was run
time Time the session was run
subject Participant ID
group Group number
session Session number
build Inquisit version number
q*_response Response given (in assigned values)
Scale: 0 (never) - 4 (very often)
no reversed scored questions
q*_latency How much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveyPage with this particular
question (the last time this particular surveyPage was visited)

Parameters

The procedure can be adjusted by setting the following parameters.

NameDescriptionDefault
pageInstructions The instructions that appear at the top of each surveyPage