Development and evaluation of an electromagnetic hypersensitivity questionnaire for Japanese people

Sachiko Hojo, Mikiko Tokiya, Masami Mizuki, Mikio Miyata, Kumiko T. Kanatani, Airi Takagi, Naomi Tsurikisawa, Setsuko Kame, Takahiko Katoh, Takuya Tsujiuchi, Hiroaki Kumano

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The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of a Japanese version of an electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) questionnaire, originally developed by Eltiti et al. in the United Kingdom. Using this Japanese EHS questionnaire, surveys were conducted on 1306 controls and 127 self-selected EHS subjects in Japan. Principal component analysis of controls revealed eight principal symptom groups, namely, nervous, skin-related, head-related, auditory and vestibular, musculoskeletal, allergy-related, sensory, and heart/chest-related. The reliability of the Japanese EHS questionnaire was confirmed by high to moderate intraclass correlation coefficients in a test-retest analysis, and high Cronbach's α coefficients (0.853-0.953) from each subscale. A comparison of scores of each subscale between self-selected EHS subjects and age- and sex-matched controls using bivariate logistic regression analysis, Mann-Whitney U- and χ(2) tests, verified the validity of the questionnaire. This study demonstrated that the Japanese EHS questionnaire is reliable and valid, and can be used for surveillance of EHS individuals in Japan. Furthermore, based on multiple logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic analyses, we propose specific preliminary criteria for screening EHS individuals in Japan. Bioelectromagnetics. 37:353-372, 2016.

本文言語English
ページ(範囲)353-372
ページ数20
ジャーナルBioelectromagnetics
37
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出版ステータスPublished - 2016 9月 1

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 生物理学
  • 生理学
  • 放射線学、核医学およびイメージング

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