title: Development of the insight scale for affective disorders (ISAD): modification from the scale to assess unawareness of mental disorder.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Research on insight in patients with mood disorders has grown in recent years. Several instruments to assess insight have been used, but most of them have been specifically designed for psychosis and may not appear relevant to mood disorders. The aim of the present study is to develop a short, multidimensional, reliable and valid scale to measure insight in patients with mood disorders, based on the Amador's Scale to Assess Unawareness of Mental Disorders (SUMD).
  
  
  METHODS
  A Delphi method was used to facilitate expert participation and ensure face and content validity. The SUMD structure and items were used as a reference in the scale development. A new scale with 17 items was obtained. Internal consistency, test-retest and inter-rater reliability and validity were studied in a sample of 76 outpatients with a DSM-IV diagnosis of major depression or bipolar disorder (type I or II).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Internal consistency of the general items was moderate, and high for the symptoms awareness subscale. Scores on ISAD correlated with other measures of insight and with some clinical measures, thus supporting its validity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The majority of the sample came from community services. Future studies should use inpatients or patients with severe symptoms to broaden the range of responses. Moreover, the rating of insight and other measures by the same clinician might introduce a methodological bias.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The ISAD, with a multidimensional approach, appears as a short, reliable and valid measure of insight in mood disorders. Expert consensus ensures its face and content validity.
authors.affiliation: Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. beatriz.olaya@pssjd.org
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Olaya
authors.forename: Ferran
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marsà
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ochoa
authors.forename: Vicent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Balanzá-Martínez
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barbeito
authors.forename: Mari Paz
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: García-Portilla
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: González-Pinto
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lobo
authors.forename: Raúl
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: López-Antón
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Usall
authors.forename: Belén
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Arranz
authors.forename: Josep Maria
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Haro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D001364:Awareness; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000592:standards; D011599:Psychopathology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012647:Self-Assessment