Health Anxiety Test: What It Measures & How to Interpret Your Score

Health anxiety, formerly known as hypochondria, is characterized by an excessive and persistent preoccupation with the possibility of having a serious illness. This test evaluates four fundamental dimensions: somatic concerns, body checking behaviors, compulsive reassurance seeking from health professionals or online, and the tendency to catastrophize symptoms. The results will help you better understand your relationship with health and your body.

In the article that follows, I explore anxiety and chronic worry. If you recognise yourself in this theme, I designed a generalized anxiety test that helps you take stock of your everyday anxiety level. It comes with a guide to extend your reflection beyond the results. I also wrote two books on this subject, Overcoming Anxiety and Stress and The Practical CBT Guide, if you would like to go further.

What the Test Measures

• Excessive attention to bodily sensations and anxious interpretation of symptoms.
• Repeated body examinations in search of signs of illness.
• Compulsive need for reassurance from doctors, loved ones, or the internet.
• Tendency to interpret benign symptoms as signs of a serious illness.

How to Interpret Your Score

The result indicates an intensity, not a diagnosis:

• Low Health Anxiety: Your relationship with health is healthy. You do not exhibit excessive concerns about your health status.
• Moderate Health Anxiety: You show signs of moderate health anxiety. Your somatic concerns exceed normal vigilance and are beginning to affect your well-being.
• High Health Anxiety: Your health anxiety is significantly elevated. Concerns, checking behaviors, and reassurance seeking impact your quality of life. Therapeutic support is recommended.
• Very High Health Anxiety: Your health anxiety is very high and causes considerable distress. The vicious cycles of checking and catastrophizing require specialized care.

Take the test: Mental Rumination → — The catastrophizing loops behind health anxiety are a form of rumination; measuring how easily your mind gets stuck in these cycles helps you understand what fuels the reassurance-seeking.

What Your Full Report Includes

Beyond the first 5 free questions, the detailed PDF report includes:

• Introduction: This report presents the results of your Health Anxiety Test.
• Overall Score: Your overall health anxiety score.
• Dimension Analysis: Details of each dimension evaluated.
• Recommendations: Personalized recommendations based on your results.
• Resources: Useful resources for further exploration.

Beyond the free preview, the complete and personalized report — 63 questions in total, with your precise score, your profile by dimension, your recommendations — is paid.

When to Take This Test

• You identify with health anxiety, hypochondria, or somatization and want to gain clarity.
• You want a structured understanding rather than a vague impression.
• You are looking for an objective starting point before speaking with a professional, if needed.

📖 To go further: to go further in managing anxiety and stress, the book Overcoming Anxiety and Stress offers concrete CBT tools.

FAQ

How long does the test take? 63 questions, approximately 15 min. The first 5 are free. Does the test provide a diagnosis? No. It measures an intensity and provides benchmarks; only a professional can make a diagnosis. Are my answers confidential? Yes: the test is 100% anonymous, and the report is delivered directly to you.

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👉 Start the Health Anxiety Test → — 63 questions (first 5 free), immediate results, PDF report, 100% anonymous.