Appendix
Claustrophobia hierarchy Self-report
| ITEM | LEVEL OF MALAISE (0-100) |
|---|---|
| I’m on the landing of a small elevator and there’s no one next to me. The elevator doors are closed and I’m waiting for him to arrive. | |
| I find myself climbing several floors in a large elevator that is very crowded | |
| I get on a rather small elevator with few people, then the doors close and we start to move. | |
| I get on a big elevator with no one else inside and press the button to get on. | |
| The elevator arrives, the doors open and I see that it is quite small and that there is no one inside. I get ready to go up | |
| There is a momentary malfunction (approximately 1 minute) inside a large elevator while I go in it with no one else. | |
| I just got into a small elevator with a lot of people, and the doors are still open | |
| When the elevator arrives its doors open, I see that it is quite small and that there are not many people inside (3 people). | |
| I’m going up a lot of floors in a big elevator that doesn’t get a lot of people. | |
| There is a long breakdown (approximately 5 minutes) inside a large elevator while I am in it with many people. | |
| I’m in a small elevator with a lot of people and we’re going up a couple of floors | |
| I’m climbing several floors in a big elevator with no people inside. | |
| There is a momentary malfunction (approximately 1 minute) inside a small elevator while I am in it with few people. | |
| There is a long breakdown (approximately 5 minutes) inside a small elevator while I go in it with a lot of people. | |
| I’m going up a couple of floors in a big elevator where there are few people | |
| I get into a small elevator with no one else inside, the doors are still open. | |
| I’m going up several floors in a small elevator that’s empty. | |
| There is a long breakdown (approximately 5 minutes) inside a large elevator while I go in it with no one else. | |
| I get on a big elevator with a lot of people, the doors are still open. | |
| I climb a small elevator with a lot of people, the doors close and we start to move | |
| Coming out of a big elevator where he traveled with a few people. | |
| I get on a small elevator with no one else inside and press the button to get on | |
| I find myself climbing many floors in a small elevator with few people. | |
| I’m on the landing of a big elevator (mall type) with no people by my side. The elevator doors are closed and I’m waiting for it to arrive. | |
| I’m going up a lot of floors in a big elevator that’s totally empty. | |
| I’m in a small elevator with few people in it, and we’re going up a couple floors | |
| I walk into a big elevator with a few people, and the doors are still open. | |
| A large elevator arrives at the landing, the doors open and it is very full. There’s still room for me to go up. | |
| There is a momentary malfunction (approximately 1 minute ) inside a small elevator while I go in it with no one else. | |
| I’m coming out of a small elevator where I traveled with few people. | |
| I’m going up a lot of floors in a small elevator with no one else. | |
| While I am in a large elevator with few people, a momentary breakdown occurs (approximately 1 minute). | |
| I find myself in a small elevator that is very full, and we go up many floors | |
| I enter a small elevator with few people, and the doors remain open. | |
| There is a long breakdown (approximately 5 minutes) inside a small elevator while I go in it without anyone else. | |
| I get on a big elevator that’s very full, the doors close and we start moving. | |
| I’m coming out of a big elevator where I was traveling unaccompanied. | |
| I come out of a small elevator where I traveled with a lot of people. | |
| The doors of a large elevator open and there are few people (3 people) inside | |
| I’m climbing some floors in a big elevator with no people inside. | |
| There is a momentary malfunction (approximately 1 minute) inside a small elevator while I am in it with a lot of people. | |
| I walk into a big elevator with no one else inside, the doors are still open | |
| I find myself in a large elevator that is quite empty, and suddenly there is a breakdown that lasts about 5 minutes. | |
| I’m coming out of a big elevator where I was traveling with a lot of people | |
| There is a long breakdown (approximately 5 minutes) inside a small elevator while I am in it with few people. | |
| The doors of a big elevator open and I see there’s no one inside. I’m getting ready to go up. | |
| I am coming out of a small elevator in which I was travelling unaccompanied. | |
| I’m going up a lot of floors in an elevator that’s really big and full of people | |
| There is a momentary malfunction (approximately 1 minute ) inside a large elevator while I am in it with a lot of people. | |
| A small elevator arrives at the landing, the doors open and it is very full. There is room for me to go up. | |
| I get on a big elevator with a few people, the doors close and we start moving. |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging hierarchy Self-report
| ITEM | LEVEL OF MALAISE (0-100) |
|---|---|
| As I enter the MRI room, I see the machine on which I will be tested, with the head coil ready, and I am told what the testing process will be like. | |
| As I enter the MRI room, I see the machine on which I will be tested, with the chest and abdomen coil ready, and I am informed of how the testing process is going to be. | |
| As I enter the MRI room, I see the machine on which I will be tested, with the leg coil ready, and I am told what the testing process is going to be like and that I should not move during the MRI. | |
| Before entering the MRI machine I am lying face up with my head immobilized and I see the technician inside the control room through the mirror of the coil. | |
| When I enter the room to leave the metal objects, I hear the door close and I am left inside the room, without windows, and with all the doors closed inside. | |
| On the way to the hospital I go through a tunnel with my car. | |
| The technician tells me that we started and I notice how my body, motionless by the coil, moves completely to the inside of the magnetic resonance tube. I see it’s a small space. | |
| The technician tells me that the test is over and I notice how the stretcher is coming out of the MRI tube, while they tell me how to collect the results. | |
| The technician, before leaving the room, tells me that I must lie down on the stretcher to start the test and that we will start shortly: I already have the coil of the leg in place. | |
| In a box after making an appointment by phone for an MRI. | |
| In the waiting room I see an informative video of what an MRI is. | |
| I’m in the waiting room before I have an MRI. | |
| I’m in the waiting room before they inform me of the test I have to take. | |
| I’m on the stretcher looking at the ceiling and seeing the coil on my chest before entering, completely, the MRI machine. | |
| Just before I left home to go, by taxi, to get an MRI | |
| While I’m inside the machine, I hear the sound of the MRI machine change. | |
| While I’m on the stretcher the technician finishes immobilizing my head to prepare me for the test. At the end he goes to the control room. | |
| While I am in the changing room I am informed of the precautions to take into account, not to enter with metallic objects, to warn if I have a pacemaker…, before entering the room of the nuclear magnetic resonance | |
| I notice how the sound of the MRI machine is more intense than before. | |
| Shortly after entering the control room I hear the technician’s voice indicating that we are starting: I enter completely into the MRI tube, with my head immobilized by the coil as I watch through the mirror of the coil as the technician controls the machine. | |
| The test begins: with the leg immobile by the coil my body enters up to the waist inside the reduced space of the tube of the magnetic resonance equipment and I hear the first noises of the machine. | |
| Lying on my back on the stretcher, leg immobilized, before entering the MRI tube | |
| Lying on the stretcher, the technician finishes placing the coil on my chest while explaining to me, before leaving, what will happen next. | |
| I’m on my way to the room to change, before going in to have an MRI. | |
| I’m on my way to the hospital by subway/car for an MRI. (choose most common method of transport) | |
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Room in the basement hierarchy Self-report
| ITEM | LEVEL OF MALAISE (0-100) |
|---|---|
| I’m on the landing of my flat waiting for the elevator to arrive to go to the basement. | |
| After walking through the basement corridor, I reach the storeroom, open the door and enter the room, which is quite large, and leave the door open. | |
| The elevator arrives and when the doors open I see that it is empty. I get ready to go up to it and I start to go down to the basement. | |
| I’m walking down a very narrow hallway that’s going to take me to the basement storeroom. | |
| I’m coming out of an elevator, I stop for a moment at the basement landing, and in the distance I can see the door to the storeroom | |
| I’m standing in the middle of a very narrow corridor. On my back I have the storage room I just left and in front of me I see the elevator that will take me to the surface. | |
| I’m walking down the hall and I’m heading for the basement storeroom, and then I stop walking for a moment. | |
| I’m in an elevator after I’ve been in the storeroom, and I’m going up from the basement floor to another floor. | |
| When I get to the storeroom, I open the door and enter the room, which is not very big but not very small either. The door is still open | |
| While I’m in a pretty big storeroom, the door closes. | |
| I reach the basement storeroom, open the door and enter the room leaving the door open. The room is very small, it seems that I fit in it and little more. | |
| I’m in the middle of a pretty big storeroom, and suddenly the room starts to get smaller. | |
| While I’m in a medium storage room, neither too big nor too small, the door closes. | |
| I’m walking down a very narrow corridor that will take me to the elevator, so I’ll leave the floor where the basement is. | |
| While I’m in a very small storeroom, the door closes. | |
| I get ready to leave the storage room in the basement, so I turn, open the door and go. |