Health Anxiety Inventory
HAIHealth Anxiety
18 items
2002
α 0.74–0.86
Free
Salkovskis, P.M., Rimes, K.A., Warwick, H.M.C., & Clark, D.M.
What it measures
Measures health anxiety — excessive preoccupation with the possibility of having or developing a serious illness. Taps two dimensions: the perceived likelihood of becoming ill and the perceived negative consequences of becoming ill. Widely used in CBT research for health anxiety and illness anxiety disorder.
Representative items
- I do not worry about my health (0) / I occasionally worry about my health (1) / I spend much of my time worrying about my health (2) / I spend most of my time worrying about my health (3)
- If I noticed an unexplained physical sensation I would... (0=not think about it / 1=think about it briefly / 2=spend time thinking about it / 3=spend a lot of time thinking about it)
- I would not think about having a serious illness (0) ... / I would think it was very likely I had a serious illness (3)
Citation
Salkovskis, P.M., Rimes, K.A., Warwick, H.M.C., & Clark, D.M. (2002). The Health Anxiety Inventory: Development and validation of scales for the measurement of health anxiety and hypochondriasis. Psychological Medicine, 32(5), 843–853.