Athens Insomnia Scale
The Athens Insomnia Scale is a brief insomnia self-report. This page is for clinics. It is not a diagnosis and not a public test.
Overview
What is the AIS?
The AIS organises insomnia-related complaints for clinician review. It is not a stand-alone sleep-disorder diagnosis and should not be treated as interchangeable with ISI.
Development and clinical use
Soldatos, Dikeos and Paparrigopoulos published the AIS in 2000 as an instrument based on ICD-10 insomnia criteria, and reported its diagnostic validity in 2003.
- Catalogue status
- Educational entry
- Production scoring
- Not independently verified
- Mode
- self-report
- Typical use
- Clinician-reviewed intake
- Clinical role
- Insomnia screening support
Administration
A focused client experience
Respondents rate eight aspects of night-time sleep and daytime function from 0 to 3, counting a difficulty only if it occurred at least three times a week during the last month.
- One question at a time with visible progress
- Large keyboard-operable response choices
- Previous, next, and answer-review steps
- Clear confirmation that results go to the clinic
The illustration shows layout only. It does not reproduce AIS item wording.
Report showcase
Designed to make evidence easy to review
The downloadable synthetic example illustrates report layout using invented response patterns, without patient data or instrument questions.
- Named instrument, version, and provenance
- Item-level response pattern without source wording
- Methodology, references, and clinical boundary
- Responsible clinician review rather than automated conclusions
Clinician review required
Methodology
Understand the measure and its scoring conventions
Published scoring adds the eight items for a total from 0 to 24. Soldatos and colleagues report 6 as the optimum cutoff. This public page does not independently verify scoring, cutoffs, or a production scoring rule.
References
- Original AIS paperSoldatos CR, Dikeos DG, Paparrigopoulos TJ. Athens Insomnia Scale: validation of an instrument based on ICD-10 criteria. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 2000;48(6):555-560.
- AIS diagnostic validitySoldatos CR, Dikeos DG, Paparrigopoulos TJ. The diagnostic validity of the Athens Insomnia Scale. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 2003;55(3):263-267.
Questions
What clinics ask before they evaluate the AIS
These answers stay inside educational catalogue scope. They do not replace official manuals or clinician judgement.
Does AIS diagnose insomnia?
No. It is a self-report screen. Diagnosis remains a clinician task.
Can I complete AIS here?
No. This page does not collect answers.
How is AIS used on Lirena?
As a sleep-intake self-report. Clinicians review the result with sleep history.
Why does Lirena list ISI, SCI, and AIS separately?
They are different instruments. Clinics should name the exact form and purpose rather than treating insomnia screens as interchangeable.