[Validation of the French version of "Self Appraisal of Illness Questionnaire"].

Poor insight into mental illness is associated with treatment non-compliance, relapse and re-hospitalization. Measuring insight becomes therefore important in assessing risk of non-compliance. A few reliable insight instruments are available in English. Self Appraisal of Illness Questionnaire (SAIQ) (Marks & al., 2000) was translated in French and validation analysis was performed. The 17 items French version is called Questionnaire d'autoévaluation de l'introspection (QAI). Cronbach's alpha showed 0.78 for internal consistency (N = 124). Factor analysis generated three factors explaining 49.8 % of the variance. They were: Need for treatment (Awareness of), Worry and Presence/Outcome of mental disorder. Concurrent validity analysis of QAI and Insight Scale (IS) (Markova & al., 2003) resulted in a coefficient of 0.37. QAI demonstrated solid psychometric properties and should be further reassessed in research and clinical practice. It is well adapted for use in hospital and clinical setti