The Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance Symptom Inventory: Development, Evaluation, and Application

被引：50

作者：

Andersson, Maria J. E. ^{[1
]}

Andersson, Linus ^{[1
]}

Bende, Mats ^{[2
]}

Millqvist, Eva ^{[3
]}

Nordin, Steven ^{[1
,4
]}

机构：

[1] Umea Univ, Dept Psychol, SE-90187 Umea, Sweden

[2] Cent Hosp Skovde, Dept Otorhinolaryngol, S-54185 Skovde, Sweden

[3] Sahlgrens Univ Hosp, Asthma & Allergy Res Grp, S-41345 Gothenburg, Sweden

[4] Orebro Univ Hosp, Dept Occupat & Environm Med, Orebro, Sweden

来源：

JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE | 2009年 / 51卷 / 07期

关键词：

ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELD EXPOSURE; CHEMICAL-SENSITIVITY; RISK-FACTORS; SENSORY HYPERREACTIVITY; ODOR INTOLERANCE; PREVALENCE; OVERLAP;

D O I：

10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181a7f021

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

Objective: To develop, evaluate, and apply a questionnaire-based instrument for investigation of specific symptoms in idiopathic environmental intolerance (IEI), called the Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance Symptom Inventory (IEISI). Methods: Participants with IEI to chemicals responded to 82 candidate symptoms and to three subscales of the Quick Environmental Exposure and Sensitivity Inventory (QEESI) at a test (n = 207) and retest (n = 193) occasion. Results: The 27 most commonly reported symptoms were selected and grouped into five symptom categories. Internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and concurrent validity were found to be satisfying Cluster analysis identified two subgroups of IEI to chemicals. Conclusions: The results provide support for the IEISI being a reliable, valid, and fast tool for the study of specific symptom prevalence in IEI and encourage further study Of subgroups. (J Occup Environ Med. 2009;51:838-847)

引用

页码：838 / 847

页数：10

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