Clinical characteristics of physician-diagnosed patients with multiple chemical sensitivity in Japan

Environ Health Prev Med

Sakabe

Ishikawa

et al. 2009

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Objectives The Quick Environment Exposure Sensitivity Inventory (QEESI Ó ) has been used as a questionnaire to evaluate subjective symptoms of patients with multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), also known as idiopathic environmental intolerance, in Japan. However, no cutoff value for Japanese subjects has yet been established. We designed this study to establish a cutoff value for Japanese subjects using QEESI Ó for screening of MCS patients. Methods A questionnaire using the QEESI Ó was administered to 103 MCS patients and 309 healthy control subjects matched for age and sex. QEESI Ó scores of the two groups were compared using logistic regression analysis, receiver operating characteristic analysis, and the Mann-Whitney test.

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Evaluation of subjective symptoms of Japanese patients with multiple chemical sensitivity using QEESI©

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Ishikawa

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“…2. Currently, using the cutoff points proposed by Japanese researchers [3][4][5] to judge the QEESI score can optimally enhance the correlation between the IAQ survey results and the QEESI scores for people in Taiwan. 3.…”

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Study of the different Cutoff Point of the QEESI Questionnaire as a Screening Tool for Sick Building Syndrome Diagnosis in Taiwan

Huang

Ito

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

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The Indoor Air Quality Management Act in Taiwan formally came into effect in November 2012 to protect public health. Studies have reported that public and private buildings in Taiwan currently have been facing pollution problems regarding indoor air quality (IAQ), which threatens the health of occupants. 1), 2)To clarify the correlation between the indoor air environment and influences on human health by using an economical and efficient method, the United States, Japan, and other countries use screening tools first to understand the health effects on building occupants, and, subsequently, adopt appropriate examination methods once primary influential factors are identified. To enable the integration of research results from Taiwan with those from abroad, this study introduced the quick environmental exposure and sensitivity inventory (QEESI) questionnaire, which the United States, Japan, and other countries have implemented for many years. In this study, the applicability of the QEESI questionnaire in screening sick building syndrome (SBS) in Taiwan was examined by observing the association between the QEESI score and IAQ survey results. The results from Taiwan were compared with those from the United States and Japan. A questionnaire concerning personal and residential environmental factors was also incorporated to identify factors with significant predictive power for the QEESI score.The following conclusions were derived from this study. 1. The correlation between the IAQ survey values and the QEESI score indicates the capability of the QEESI questionnaire to identify problems related to sick buildings and to serve as a screening tool for SBS in Taiwan. 2. Currently, using the cutoff points proposed by Japanese researchers [3][4][5] to judge the QEESI score can optimally enhance the correlation between the IAQ survey results and the QEESI scores for people in Taiwan. 3. Eight factors with significant predictively power for the QEESI score include gender, age, an understanding of the mechanism of SBS occurrence, allergy history, building type, air ventilation, the use of deodorants and fragrances, and smoking. These factors can serve as key points when performing on-site examinations.

Development and evaluation of an electromagnetic hypersensitivity questionnaire for Japanese people

Tokiya

Mizuki

et al. 2016

Bioelectromagnetics

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The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of a Japanese version of an electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) questionnaire, originally developed by Eltiti et al. in the United Kingdom. Using this Japanese EHS questionnaire, surveys were conducted on 1306 controls and 127 self‐selected EHS subjects in Japan. Principal component analysis of controls revealed eight principal symptom groups, namely, nervous, skin‐related, head‐related, auditory and vestibular, musculoskeletal, allergy‐related, sensory, and heart/chest‐related. The reliability of the Japanese EHS questionnaire was confirmed by high to moderate intraclass correlation coefficients in a test–retest analysis, and high Cronbach's α coefficients (0.853–0.953) from each subscale. A comparison of scores of each subscale between self‐selected EHS subjects and age‐ and sex‐matched controls using bivariate logistic regression analysis, Mann–Whitney U‐ and χ 2 tests, verified the validity of the questionnaire. This study demonstrated that the Japanese EHS questionnaire is reliable and valid, and can be used for surveillance of EHS individuals in Japan. Furthermore, based on multiple logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic analyses, we propose specific preliminary criteria for screening EHS individuals in Japan. Bioelectromagnetics. 37:353–372, 2016. © 2016 The Authors. Bioelectromagnetics Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.