Validation of the Persian Version of Measure of Insight Into Cognition Self-report (MIC-SR) in Patients with Schizophrenia

Background: measure of insight into cognition self-report (mic-sr) has been designed for the assessment of insight into cognitive deficits in schizophrenia, focusing on the areas with known impairment, including memory, problem solving, and attention. objectives: the current work strives to put the concurrent validity and reliability of the persian version of mic-sr to the test. methods: the standard forward-backward method was utilized for translating the mic-sr from english to persian. in total, 66 individuals received the persian version of the mic-sr (33 schizophrenia patients), the interview-based cognition assessment [schizophrenia cognition rating scale (scors)], and a standardized performance-based cognitive battery [the brief assessment of cognition in schizophrenia (bacs)]. coronbach’s alpha was used for the calculation of internal consistency, while intercorrelations among the mic-sr subscales were calculated as well. then, pearson correlations were calculated between the mic-sr subscales and scors and bacs for the purpose of examining the validity. results: the cronbach’s alpha value obtained for the persian mic-sr was 0.83. the entirety of persian mic-sr measures was considerably correlated with the scors patient’s rating. moreover, considerable correlations were found amongthe who-quality of life and persian mic-sr subscales of attention and problem solving. however, none of the correlations between the bacs subscales and mic-sr were significant. conclusions: the persian version of the mic-sr demonstrated satisfying psychometric properties that can assess awareness of cognitive impairments in patients with schizophrenia.