Our researchers will be using CSSI-Child Somatic Symptoms Inventory to measure the severity of bothersome somatic symptoms experienced in our EoE children and adolescents. Respondents are asked to rate the extent to which the child was bothered by each of the nonspecific somatic symptoms listed. Total scores are computed by summing the ratings for each item. Higher scores indicate greater somatic distress.

Our researchers will be using PSQ-Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire to evaluate our EoE children's sleep disorder symptoms. This multi-page questionnaire consists of closed question-items and several open questions. The items are each answered yes = 1, no = 0, or don't know = missing. The number of symptom-items endorsed positively ("yes") is divided by the number of items answered positively or negatively; the denominator therefore excludes items with missing responses and items answered as don't know. The result is a number, a proportion that ranges from 0.0 to 1.0. Scores > 0.33 are considered positive and suggestive of high risk for a pediatric sleep-related breathing disorder

Our researchers will be using STAIC-State Trait Anxiety Questionnaire to evaluate. Our EoE children will be answering the questions in two different forms in which they report how they feel at a particular moment in time when they respond to the S-Anxiety scale (C-1), and how they generally feel when they respond to the T-Anxiety scale (C-2). Children respond to the STAIC by selecting one of the three alternative choices for each item which describes them best. In essence, each STAIC item is a 3-point rating scale for which values of 1, 2, or 3 are assigned for each of the three alternative choices. Thus, scores on both the STAIC S-Anxiety and T-Anxiety sub-scales can range from a minimum of 20 to a maximum score of 60. Higher scores mean higher anxiety.