Insomnia Severity Index

Technical Manual

Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Created: January 10, 2013

Last Modified: January 24, 2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC

Background

This script implements the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) to assess Insomnia as described in:

Bastien, C.H., Vallières A., & Morin, C.M. (2001). Validation of the Insomnia Severity Index as a clinical outcome measure for insomnia research. Sleep Medicine, 2, 297-307.

Duration

1 minute

Overview

This script offers the 7 questions of the Insomnia Severity Index on a single surveyPage.
A demographic surveyPage at the beginning (by default: not run) as well as a feedback page at the end (by default: run)
are optional and controlled via Editable Parameters.

Summary Data

File Name: insomniaseverityindex_summary*.iqdat

Data Fields

NameDescription
inquisit.version Inquisit version number
computer.platform Device platform: win | mac |ios | android
startDate Date the session was run
startTime Time the session was run
subjectId Participant ID
groupId Group number
sessionId Session number
elapsedTime Session duration in ms
completed 0 = Test was not completed
1 = Test was completed
textbox.Name.response/textbox.Age.response/dropdown.Gender.response Name/Age/Gender-if collected
isiTotalScore The participant's total ISI score

Raw Data

File Name: insomniaseverityindex.iqdat

Data Fields

NameDescription
date Date the session was run
time Time the session was run
subject, group, session With the current subject/groupnumber/session id
build Inquisit version number
q*_response Response given (in assigned values)
Scale: 0 - 4 (anchors depend on question)
no automatically reversed scored questions
q*_latency How much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveyPage with this particular
question (the last time this particular surveyPage was visited)

Parameters

The procedure can be adjusted by setting the following parameters.

NameDescriptionDefault
skipDemographics False = script does collect demographic data
true = script does NOT collect demographic data (default)
skipFeedback False = script does provide feedback to participants (default)
true = script does NOT provide feedback to participants
to customize feedback go to EDITABLE CODE -> Editable Stimuli