Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS) - …

1 Provided courtesy of CME Outfitters, LLC Available for download at Utah Rating Scale ( wurs )Patient s Name: _____ Date:_____ Wender Utah Rating Scale 61 questions answered by the adult patient recalling his or her childhood behavior 5 possible responses scored from 0 to 4 pointsNot at all or very slightlyMildlyModeratelyQuitea BitVerymuchAS A CHILD I WAS (OR HAD): 1. Active, restless, always on the go01234 2. Afraid of things01234 3. Concentration problems, easily distracted01234 4. Anxious, worrying01234 5. Nervous, fidgety01234 6. Inattentive, daydreaming01234 7. Hot or short tempered, low boiling point01234 8. Shy, sensitive01234 9.

2 Temper outbursts, tantrums01234 10. Trouble stick-to-it-ivenessing, not following through, failing to finish things started01234 11. Stubborn, strong willed01234 12. Sad or blue, depressed, unhappy01234 13. Uncautious, dare-devilish, involved in pranks01234 14. Not getting a kick out of things, dissatisfied with life01234 15. Disobedient with parents, rebellious, sassy01234 16. Low opinion of myself01234 17. Irritable01234 18. Outgoing, friendly, enjoy company of people01234 19. Sloppy, disorganized01234 20. Moody, have ups and downs01234 21. Feel angry01234 22. Have friends, popular01234 23. Well organized, tidy, neat01234 24. Acting without thinking, impulsive01234 25.

3 Tend to be immature01234 26. Feel guilty, regretful01234 27. Lose control of myself01234 28. Tend to be or act irrational01234 29. Unpopular with other children, didn t keep friends for long, didn t get along with other children01234 30. Poorly coordinated, did not participate in sports01234 Provided courtesy of CME Outfitters, LLC Available for download at at all or very slightlyMildlyModeratelyQuitea BitVerymuch 31. Afraid of losing control of self01234 32. Well coordinated, picked first in games01234 33. (for women only) Tomboyish01234 34. Ran away from home01234 35. Get in fights01234 36. Teased other children01234 37. Leader, bossy01234 38. Difficulty getting awake01234 39.

4 Follower, lead around too much01234 40. Trouble seeing things from someone else s point of view01234 41. Trouble with authorities, trouble with school, visits to principal s office01234 42. Trouble with the police, booked, convicted01234 MEDICAL PROBLEMS AS A CHILD: 43. Headaches01234 44. Stomachaches01234 45. Constipation01234 46. Diarrhea01234 47. Food allergies01234 48. Other allergies01234 49. Bedwetting01234AS A CHILD IN SCHOOL: 50. Overall a good student, fast01234 51. Overall a poor student, slow learner01234 52. Slow reader01234 53. Slow in learning to read01234 54. Trouble reversing letters01234 55. Problems with spellin01234 56. Trouble with mathematics or numbers01234 57.

5 Bad handwriting01234 58. Though I could read pretty well, I never really en-joyed reading01234 59. Did not achieve up to potential01234 60. Repeated grades (which grades?) _____01234 61. Suspended or expelled (which grades?) _____01234 Provided courtesy of CME Outfitters, LLC Available for download at Associated with ADHD25 of the questions were associated with ADHD as follows: AS A CHILD I WAS (OR HAD):3concentration problems easily distracted4anxious worrying5nervous fidgety6inattentive daydreaming7hot- or short-tempered low boiling point9temper outbursts tantrums10trouble with stick-to-it-tiveness not following through. failing to finish things started11stubborn strong-willed12sad or blue depressed unhappy15disobedient with parents rebellious sassy16low opinion of myself17irritable20moody ups and downs21angry24acting without thinking impulsive25tendency to be immature26guilty feelings regretful27losing control of myself28tendency to be or act irrational29unpopular with other children didn t keep friends for long didn t get along with other children40trouble seeing things from someone else s point of view41trouble with authorities trouble with school visits to principal s office AS A CHILD IN SCHOOL I WAS (OR HAD).

6 51overall a poor student slow learner56trouble with mathematics or numbers59not achieving up to potentialWender Utah Rating Scale subscore = _____(sum of 25 questions associated with ADHD)Interpretation: minimum score for the 25 questions is 0 maximum score 100 if a cutoff score of 46 was used 86 of patients with ADHD 99 of normal persons and 81% of depressed subjects were correctly classifiedWard MF Wender PH Reimherr FW. The Wender Utah Rating Scale : An aid in the retrospective diagnosis of childhoodAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 1993; 150: 885-890.