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Crown Crisp Experiential Index (CCEI)

Crown Crisp Experiential Index (CCEI)

Formerly known as  Middlesex Hospital Questionnaire 

Reference

Crown, S., & Crisp, A., H. (1966). A Short Clinical Diagnostic Self-rating Scale for Psychoneurotic Patients: The Middlesex Hospital Questionnaire. British Journal Psychiatry, 112, 917-923. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.112.490.917

List of questions

Question number

Question

Original 48-item version 

 

23-item version

8-item version

4-item version

1

Do you often feel upset for no obvious reason ?

 

2

Do you have an unreasonable fear of being in enclosed spaces such as shops, lifts, etc.?

 

 

 

3

Do people ever say you are too conscientious ?

 

 

 

4

Are you troubled by dizziness or shortness of breath ?

 

 

5

Can you think as quickly as you used to ?

 

 

6

Are your opinions easily influenced ?

 

 

 

7

Have you felt as though you might faint ?

 

8

Do you find yourself worrying about getting some incurable illness?

 

 

 

9

Do you think that "cleanliness is next to godliness"?

 

 

 

10

Do you often feel sick or have indigestion?

 

 

11

Do you feel that life is too much effort?

 

 

12

Have you, at any time in your life, enjoyed acting?

 

 

 

13

Do you feel uneasy and restless?

 

14

Do you feel more relaxed indoors?

 

 

 

15

Do you find that silly or unreasonable thoughts keep recurring in your mind?

 

 

16

Do you sometimes feel tingling or pricking sensations in your body, arms or legs?

 

 

17

Do you regret much of your past behaviour?

 

 

18

Are you normally an excessively emotional person?

 

 

 

19

Do you sometimes feel really panicky?

 

20

Do you feel uneasy travelling on buses or the Underground even if they are not crowded?

 

 

 

21

Are you happiest when you are working?

 

 

 

22

Has your appetite got less recently?

 

 

23

Do you wake unusually early in the morning?

 

 

24

Do you enjoy being the centre of attention?

 

 

 

25

Would you say you were a worrying person?

 

26

Do you dislike going out alone?

 

 

 

27

Are you a perfectionist?

 

 

 

28

Do you feel unduly tired and exhausted?

 

 

29

Do you experience long periods of sadness?

 

30

Do you find that you take advantage of circumstances for your own ends?

 

 

 

31

Do you often feel "strung-up" side?

 

32

Do you worry unduly when relatives are late coming home?

 

 

 

33

Do you have to check things you do to an unnecessary extent?

 

 

 

34

Can you get off to sleep alright at the moment?

 

 

35

Do you have to make a special effort to face up to a crisis or difficulty?

 

 

36

Do you often spend a lot of money on clothes?

 

 

 

37

Have you ever had the feeling you are "going to pieces"?

 

38

Are you scared of heights?

 

 

 

39

Does it irritate you if your normal routine is disturbed?

 

 

 

40

Do you often suffer from excessive sweating or fluttering of the heart?

 

 

41

Do you find yourself needing to cry?

 

42

Do you enjoy dramatic situations?

 

 

 

43

Do you have bad dreams which upset you when you wake up?

 

44

Do you feel panicky in crowds?

 

 

 

45

Do you find yourself worrying unreasonably about things that do not really matter?

 

 

46

Has your sexual interest altered?

 

 

 

47

Have you lost your ability to feel sympathy for other people?

 

 

48

Do you sometimes find yourself posing or pretending?

 

 

 

Use of this scale in CLOSER Discovery study questionnaires and datasets

Version

Study

Year

Questionnaire

Dataset

23-item version

ALSPAC

1990-1992

Having a Baby

ALSPAC Having a Baby Questionnaire Dataset

23-item version

ALSPAC

1990-1992

Partner's Questionnaire

ALSPAC Partners Questionnaire Dataset

23-item version

ALSPAC

1991-1993

Me and My Baby

ALSPAC Me and My Baby Questionnaire Dataset

23-item version

ALSPAC

1991-1993

Your Pregnancy

ALSPAC Your Pregnancy Questionnaire Dataset

23-item version

ALSPAC

1992-1993

Looking After the Baby

ALSPAC Looking After the Baby Questionnaire Dataset

23-item version

ALSPAC

1992-1993

The Baby and Me - Partner

ALSPAC The Baby and Me (Partners) Questionnaire Dataset

23-item version

ALSPAC

1993-1995

 A Toddler in the House - Partners

ALSPAC A Toddler in the House Questionnaire Dataset

23-item version

ALSPAC

1993-1995

Caring for a Toddler

ALSPAC Caring For a Toddler Questionnaire Dataset

23-item version

ALSPAC

1993-1995

Partner's Health Events and Feelings

ALSPAC Partners Health Events and Feelings Questionnaire Dataset

23-item version

ALSPAC

1993-1995

Your Health Events and Feelings

ALSPAC Your Health Events and Feelings Questionnaire Dataset

23-item version

ALSPAC

1996-1999

Study Mother's Questionnaire

ALSPAC Study Mothers Questionnaire Dataset

23-item version

ALSPAC

1996-1999

Study Partner's Questionnaire

ALSPAC Study Partners Questionnaire Dataset

8-item version

ALSPAC

1997-1999

Mother's Lifestyle

ALSPAC Mothers Lifestyle Questionnaire Dataset

8-item version

ALSPAC

1997-1999

Partner's Lifestyle

ALSPAC Partners Lifestyle Questionnaire Dataset

8-item version

ALSPAC

2002-2004

Lifestyle and Health of Mother

ALSPAC Lifestyle and Health of Mother Questionnaire Dataset

8-item version

ALSPAC

2002-2004

Lifestyle and Health of Partner

ALSPAC Lifestyle and Health of Partner Questionnaire Dataset

4-item version

ALSPAC

1999-2001

Father and the Family

ALSPAC Father and Family Questionnaire Dataset

4-item version

ALSPAC

1999-2001

Mother and Family

ALSPAC Mother and Family Questionnaire Dataset

 

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