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 numberQuestion

Original 48-item version 


23-item version8-item version4-item version
1Do you often feel upset for no obvious reason ?✓✓✓
2Do you have an unreasonable fear of being in enclosed spaces such as shops, lifts, etc.?✓


3Do people ever say you are too conscientious ?✓


4Are you troubled by dizziness or shortness of breath ?✓✓

5Can you think as quickly as you used to ?✓✓

6Are your opinions easily influenced ?✓


7Have you felt as though you might faint ?✓✓✓
8Do you find yourself worrying about getting some incurable illness?✓


9Do you think that "cleanliness is next to godliness"?✓


10Do you often feel sick or have indigestion?✓✓

11Do you feel that life is too much effort?✓✓

12Have you, at any time in your life, enjoyed acting?✓


13Do you feel uneasy and restless?✓✓✓
14Do you feel more relaxed indoors?✓


15Do you find that silly or unreasonable thoughts keep recurring in your mind?✓

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16Do you sometimes feel tingling or pricking sensations in your body, arms or legs?✓✓

17Do you regret much of your past behaviour?✓✓

18Are you normally an excessively emotional person?✓


19Do you sometimes feel really panicky?✓✓✓
20Do you feel uneasy travelling on buses or the Underground even if they are not crowded?✓


21Are you happiest when you are working?✓


22Has your appetite got less recently?✓✓

23Do you wake unusually early in the morning?✓✓

24Do you enjoy being the centre of attention?✓


25Would you say you were a worrying person?✓✓✓
26Do you dislike going out alone?✓


27Are you a perfectionist?✓


28Do you feel unduly tired and exhausted?✓✓

29Do you experience long periods of sadness?✓✓
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30Do you find that you take advantage of circumstances for your own ends?✓


31Do you often feel "strung-up" side?✓✓✓
32Do you worry unduly when relatives are late coming home?✓


33Do you have to check things you do to an unnecessary extent?✓


34Can you get off to sleep alright at the moment?✓✓

35Do you have to make a special effort to face up to a crisis or difficulty?✓✓

36Do you often spend a lot of money on clothes?✓


37Have you ever had the feeling you are "going to pieces"?✓✓✓
38Are you scared of heights?✓


39Does it irritate you if your normal routine is disturbed?✓


40Do you often suffer from excessive sweating or fluttering of the heart?✓✓

41Do you find yourself needing to cry?✓✓
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42Do you enjoy dramatic situations?✓


43Do you have bad dreams which upset you when you wake up?✓✓✓
44Do you feel panicky in crowds?✓


45Do you find yourself worrying unreasonably about things that do not really matter?✓

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46Has your sexual interest altered?✓


47Have you lost your ability to feel sympathy for other people?✓✓

48Do you sometimes find yourself posing or pretending?✓


Use of this scale in CLOSER Discovery study questionnaires and datasets

VersionStudyYearQuestionnaireDataset
23-item versionALSPAC1990-1992Having a BabyALSPAC Having a Baby Questionnaire Dataset
23-item versionALSPAC1990-1992Partner's QuestionnaireALSPAC Partners Questionnaire Dataset
23-item versionALSPAC1991-1993Me and My BabyALSPAC Me and My Baby Questionnaire Dataset
23-item versionALSPAC1991-1993Your Pregnancy

ALSPAC Your Pregnancy Questionnaire Dataset

23-item versionALSPAC1992-1993Looking After the Baby

ALSPAC Looking After the Baby Questionnaire Dataset

23-item versionALSPAC1992-1993The Baby and Me - Partner

ALSPAC The Baby and Me (Partners) Questionnaire Dataset

23-item versionALSPAC1993-1995 A Toddler in the House - PartnersALSPAC A Toddler in the House Questionnaire Dataset
23-item versionALSPAC1993-1995Caring for a ToddlerALSPAC Caring For a Toddler Questionnaire Dataset
23-item versionALSPAC1993-1995Partner's Health Events and FeelingsALSPAC Partners Health Events and Feelings Questionnaire Dataset
23-item versionALSPAC1993-1995Your Health Events and Feelings

ALSPAC Your Health Events and Feelings Questionnaire Dataset

23-item versionALSPAC1996-1999Study Mother's Questionnaire

ALSPAC Study Mothers Questionnaire Dataset

23-item versionALSPAC1996-1999Study Partner's QuestionnaireALSPAC Study Partners Questionnaire Dataset
8-item versionALSPAC1997-1999Mother's LifestyleALSPAC Mothers Lifestyle Questionnaire Dataset
8-item versionALSPAC1997-1999Partner's Lifestyle

ALSPAC Partners Lifestyle Questionnaire Dataset

8-item versionALSPAC2002-2004Lifestyle and Health of Mother

ALSPAC Lifestyle and Health of Mother Questionnaire Dataset

8-item versionALSPAC2002-2004Lifestyle and Health of Partner

ALSPAC Lifestyle and Health of Partner Questionnaire Dataset

4-item versionALSPAC1999-2001Father and the Family

ALSPAC Father and Family Questionnaire Dataset

4-item versionALSPAC1999-2001Mother and Family

ALSPAC Mother and Family Questionnaire Dataset