Self-Evaluation of Negative Symptoms (SENS)

Full name of scale

SENS - Self-Evaluation of Negative Symptoms

Languages

American, Arabic, Chinese, Chinese traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French (original language), German, Italian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish

French version reference

Can be obtained from the corresponding author by email: dollfus-s [at] chu-caen.fr

Rater

Patient-rated

Utility

Clinical and research settings (both were explicitly mentioned)

This measure consists of a form for patients with 20 items and a score sheet.

It assessed 5 subdomains including social withdrawal, diminished emotional range, avolition, anhedonia, and alogia. It is an easily understandable instrument for patients with schizophrenia and the patient can fill out the form on their own without assistance.

Time to complete

Generally, less than 5 min to complete

Cost/license

The scale is copyrighted and is available for academic and clinical research free of charge. However, industrial and commercial access requires a contract or agreement with Dr. Sonia Dollfus. If any author wishes to use the scale or translate the scale into another language, they need to contact Dr. Sonia Dollfus at dollfus-s [at] chu-caen.fr.