Structural Analysis of the German Self‐Report Questionnaire for Anxiety and Depression in People With Disorders of Intellectual Development (SAD‐IE)

The SAD-IE is a self-report questionnaire in German that can be completed independently or with little assistance by people with borderline or mild to moderate DID. Instructions and items of the SAD-IE are written in plain language, and pictures for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) are provided. The SAD-IE takes into account the deviations in anxiety and depression in people with DID compared to the general population. The SAD-IE includes relevant items to diagnose anxiety and depression, as well as two additional items to measure general psychological distress. The SAD-IE is designed as a screening tool but could also be used to monitor subjective changes in symptoms during follow-up assessments or in research.