Rating of Anxiety in Dementia (RAID)
What It Measures
The RAID rates how anxious a person with dementia is. That is harder than it sounds — a person who cannot describe worry may still show it through restlessness, startling at noise, repeated calling out, or physical symptoms with no medical cause. The scale looks for those signs rather than relying on self-report alone.
Eighteen items are rated 0 for absent, 1 for mild or intermittent, 2 for moderate, and 3 for severe, based on the two weeks before the interview. They span four areas: worry, apprehension and vigilance, motor tension, and autonomic hyperactivity. Ten items cover somatic symptoms and five cover specific fears. Totals run 0 to 54, and 11 or more suggests significant clinical anxiety.
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Learn More: No score is given if a symptom results from physical disability or illness — the rating is for anxiety, not for the medical condition producing similar signs, which is a real risk in this population.