Dr. Claudia Miller's QEESI Questionnaire

The QEESI questionnaire, which has now been used in several research studies not only in the United States but also in Japan and Germany, is a shortened version of the EESI questionnaire that was introduced by Dr. Claudia Miller in two peer-reviewed research papers:

Miller CS, TJ Prihoda, “The Environmental Exposure and Sensitivity Inventory (EESI): a standardized approach for measuring chemical intolerances for research and clinical applications.” Toxicology and Industrial Health 15:370-385, 1999a.

Miller CS, TJ Prihoda: “A controlled comparison of symptoms and chemical intolerances reported by Gulf War veterans, implant recipients and persons with multiple chemical sensitivity.” Toxicology and Industrial Health 15:386-397, 1999b.

The abstract for the first article states: “Our results support use of these scales individually or collectively for a variety of applications including the selection of chemically sensitive subjects and controls for research, assessment of chemical sensitivity in various study populations, cross-comparison of groups studied by different investigators, pre- and post-assessment of therapeutic interventions, clinical evaluation of complex patients who report intolerances, and teaching medical residents and students how to evaluate patients for chemical sensitivity and MCS.”

Dr. Miller states in the introduction to the QEESI: “The purpose of this questionnaire is to help identify health problems you may be having and to understand your responses to various exposures.” Thus the questionnaire is of use not only to researchers wishing to assemble appropriate patients for studies but also to physicians evaluating patients or individuals wishing to assess their level of chemical intolerance or sensitivity.

Click here for a copy of the QEESI questionnaire.