Background
The Short Health Anxiety Inventory (HAI-18) is a widely used self-report measure designed to assess health anxiety and illness-related fears. It evaluates excessive worry about health, heightened awareness of bodily sensations, fear of serious illness, and concerns about medical problems. The questionnaire can be used in both clinical and non-clinical populations.
Procedure
Participants select one statement from four options that best describes their thoughts, feelings, or behaviors related to health and illness. Each question contains statements arranged from least severe to most severe health anxiety.
Participation
This assessment is intended for educational, research, and self-reflection purposes only. Results are anonymous and should not be considered a medical diagnosis or substitute for professional psychological evaluation.
Scoring & Interpretation
Each question is scored from 0 to 3. Higher total scores indicate greater levels of health anxiety, illness worry, and preoccupation with physical health.
Short Health Anxiety Inventory (HAI-18) Questionnaire
Below is the Short Health Anxiety Inventory (HAI-18), a digitally adapted 18- items self-assessment questionnaire. This assessment does not provide a clinical diagnosis, medical determination, or substitute for professional psychological evaluation. Anonymous responses may be included in research statistics and normative datasets.
Psychometric Norms
All response data are collected anonymously through Health Anxiety Test - Short Health Anxiety Inventory (HAI-18) and are intended exclusively for educational, psychometric, and non-commercial research purposes. Privacy Policy | Research Statistics
Sources
- 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.