Development and Validation of the Schedule for the Assessment of Insight in Anxiety Disorders (SAI-A).

Asala Halaj, Jonathan D Huppert, George Konstantakopoulos, Anthony S David

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Asala HalajDepartment of Community Mental Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-6144-8867

Jonathan D HuppertDepartment of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-0537-4701

George KonstantakopoulosFirst Department of Psychiatry, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5206-4263

Anthony S DavidUCL Institute of Mental Health, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0967-774X

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Abstract

There is a growing interest in understanding insight or illness awareness in anxiety; however, most assessment instruments were designed for psychosis. The unique features of anxiety highlight the need for tailored measures to accurately evaluate insight. The aim of this study was to develop and validate the Schedule for the Assessment of Insight in Anxiety (SAI-A), a clinician-rated scale for assessing insight in anxiety disorders. We interviewed 46 participants diagnosed with anxiety disorders, conducted SAI-A interviews, and administered self-report measures. Using correlation and principal component analysis (PCA), we identified and assessed scale components, ensuring their reliability and consistency. The SAI-A demonstrated acceptable psychometric properties, including convergent validity with an established self-report measure (

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Anxiety DisordersAwarenessPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsYoung Adultanxiety disordersdenial of mental disorderillness awarenessinsight into illnessneed for treatment

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PMID41041438

DOI10.1155/da/8843975

PMCPMC12488311

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