A software package for administering and monitoring the Environmental Symptoms Questionnaire (ESQ-III)

The latest version of the Environmental Symptoms Questionnaire (ESQ-III) contains 67 symptoms designed to allow researchers to evaluate a broad range of environmental stresses. We have developed an interactive computer software package that administers and monitors the ESQ-III. This package, written in a format maximizing clarity, provides consistency of administration from one test or day to another, checks for response inconsistencies, maintains subject motivation, provides feedback to the subject and allows an investigator to quickly inspect raw and computed results. Further, because there is no interaction between investigators and subjects, no experimenter bias can be introduced. This package can be adapted to almost any computer system having a CRT and at least one disc drive.