[The questionnaire "alcohol anosognosia" is a new tool for assessment of anosognosia in patients with alcohol dependence].

The aim of this study was to develop and validate a patient-rated questionnaire for the complex express-assessment of alcohol anosognosia. The questionnaire was tested in 106 inpatients diagnosed with alcohol dependence (ICD-10, item F10.2). The age of the study participants (M+/-SD) was 42.1+/-8.8 years, duration of alcohol dependence 11.3+/-7.0 years. The questionnaire consisted of 7 subscales: Not being in the know, Non-recognition of disease symptoms, Non-recognition of disease in whole, Non-recognition of disease consequences, Emotional rejection of disease, Disagreement with treatment, Non-acceptance of temperance. Psychometric characteristics (external-criterion validity, test-retest validity, internal consistency) were studied and the standardization of the questionnaire was performed. Mean empiric values of subscales were determined. The questionnaire allows to get the complex assessment of anosognosia level by separate components and to present the profile of alcohol anosognosia as well.