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. |
Dollfus, S., Mach, C., & Morello, R. (2016). Self-evaluation of negative symptoms: A novel tool to assess negative symptoms. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 42(3), 571–578. Follow this link for the article.