Symptoms, personality traits, and stress in people with mobile phone-related symptoms and electromagnetic hypersensitivity.
Johansson A, Nordin S, Heiden M, Sandström M. · 2010
View Original AbstractMobile phone symptom sufferers show distinct psychological profiles from general EHS patients, suggesting these are separate conditions requiring different treatments.
Plain English Summary
Researchers compared 116 people who reported symptoms from mobile phones or general electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) with control groups to understand their psychological profiles. They found that people with mobile phone-specific symptoms showed higher rates of exhaustion and depression, while those with general EHS showed elevated anxiety, depression, and other psychological symptoms. The study suggests these represent two distinct conditions that may require different treatment approaches.
Why This Matters
This research provides important insights into the psychological dimensions of EMF-related symptoms, distinguishing between those who react to specific devices like mobile phones versus those with broader electromagnetic hypersensitivity. The science demonstrates clear differences in symptom patterns and psychological profiles between these groups. What this means for you is that EMF-related symptoms aren't a monolithic condition. People reporting mobile phone symptoms showed a more limited psychological profile compared to those with general EHS, who exhibited broader psychological distress. The reality is that understanding these distinctions is crucial for both healthcare providers and individuals experiencing EMF-related symptoms, as different symptom patterns may require different management strategies.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study.
Study Details
This study assessed prevalence of EMF-related and EMF-nonrelated symptoms, anxiety, depression, somatization, exhaustion, and stress in people with MP-related symptoms or EHS versus a population-based sample and a control sample without EMF-related symptoms.
Forty-five participants with MP-related symptoms and 71 with EHS were compared with a population-bas...
The EHS group reported more symptoms than the MP group, both EMF-related and EMF-nonrelated. The MP ...
The findings support the idea of a difference between people with symptoms related to specific EMF sources and people with general EHS with respect to symptoms and anxiety, depression, somatization, exhaustion, and stress. The differences are likely to be important in the management of patients.
Show BibTeX
@article{a_2010_symptoms_personality_traits_and_2241,
author = {Johansson A and Nordin S and Heiden M and Sandström M.},
title = {Symptoms, personality traits, and stress in people with mobile phone-related symptoms and electromagnetic hypersensitivity.},
year = {2010},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20004299/},
}