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The environmental hypersensitivity symptom inventory: metric properties and normative data from a population-based study.
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- Representative survey on idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields in Taiwan and comparison with the international literature.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2018Pooled it
- Implementation of Self-Initiated Event-Contingent Ecological Momentary Assessment for Environmental Exposures: Prospective Observational Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Observational
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- Exposure Perception and Symptom Reporting in Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance Attributed to Electromagnetic Fields Using a Co-Designed Provocation Test.Bioelectromagnetics · 2025Article
- Could electrohypersensitivity be a specific form of high sensory processing sensitivity?Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Building-Related Environmental Intolerance and Associated Health in the General Population.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Noise sensitivity and hyperacusis in patients affected by multiple chemical sensitivity.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2017Article
- Development and evaluation of an electromagnetic hypersensitivity questionnaire for Japanese people.Bioelectromagnetics · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundHigh concomitant intolerance attributed to odorous/pungent chemicals, certain buildings, electromagnetic fields (EMF), and everyday sounds calls for a questionnaire instrument that can assess symptom prevalence in various environmental intolerances. The Environmental Hypersensitivity Symptom Inventory (EHSI) was therefore developed and metrically evaluated, and normative data were established. The EHSI consists of 34 symptom items, requires limited time to respond to, and provides a detailed and broad description of the individual's symptomology.
methodsData from 3406 individuals who took part in the Västerbotten Environmental Health Study were used. The participants constitute a random sample of inhabitants in the county of Västerbotten in Sweden, aged 18 to 79 years, stratified for age and gender.
resultsEXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS IDENTIFIED FIVE SIGNIFICANT FACTORS: airway symptoms (9 items; Kuder-Richardson Formula 20 coefficient, KR-20, of internal consistency = 0.74), skin and eye symptoms (6 items; KR-20 = 0.60), cardiac, dizziness and nausea symptoms (4 items; KR-20 = 0.55), head-related and gastrointestinal symptoms (5 items; KR-20 = 0.55), and cognitive and affective symptoms (10 items; KR-20 = 0.80). The KR-20 was 0.85 for the entire 34-item EHSI. Symptom prevalence rates in percentage for having the specific symptoms every week over the preceding three months constitute normative data.
conclusionsThe EHSI can be recommended for assessment of symptom prevalence in various types of environmental hypersensitivity, and with the advantage of comparing prevalence rates with normality.
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