Process / pipelineICD-10 based insomnia screening

Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS)

The AIS is an 8-item self-report scale designed to assess insomnia severity in adolescents and adults, based on ICD-10 diagnostic criteria for insomnia disorder. Developed by Soldatos and colleagues in 2000, it is widely used in European primary care, psychiatry, and sleep medicine for screening and severity assessment. The AIS is brief (3–5 minutes), applicable across ages and cultures, and sensitive to treatment-induced change in both pharmacological and behavioral interventions.

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  1. Soldatos, C. R., Dikeos, D. G., & Paparrigopoulos, T. J. (2000). Athens Insomnia Scale: Validation of an instrument based on ICD-10 criteria. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 48(6), 555–560. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(00)00095-7
  2. Chelminski, I., Wasserman, D., & Zalewska-Puchala, B. (2010). Validity of the Athens Insomnia Scale in adolescents with affective disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 122(3), 281–285. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.08.010
  3. Okajima, I., Komada, Y., & Inoue, Y. (2013). A review of prevalence and prevalence estimation of insomnia in Asia: prevalence studies of insomnia night by night are needed to measure the global burden of insomnia accurately. Journal of Epidemiology, 23(1), 1–11. DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20120050

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ScholarGateAthens Insomnia Scale (Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS)). Retrieved 2026-06-04 from https://scholargate.app/en/psychiatry/athens-insomnia-scale