Acute Effects of Cell Phone Exposure on Immediate Attention Levels and Concentration of Emergency Physicians

NCT03239925 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 2016-49
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To investigate the acute effects of cell phone exposure on immediate attention levels and concentration of emergency department physicians

Conditions

Acute Effects of EMWs Emitted by Cell Phones

Keywords

Cell phones, Electromagnetic Radiation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The change of attention levels

  Determination of the acute effects of electromagnetic waves (EMW) on the attention levels and concentration of emergency physicians after 15-min cell phone use using the d2 test of attention

  Change from baseline and 15 minutes after exposure

Study Arms (2)

Experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

all participants in this group would hold a cell phone to their left ears in their left hands, in 'on' mode, for 15 min, and that they would thus be exposed to a 900-1800 MHz magnetic field (EMW) for 15 min.

Radiation: Electromagnetic field of cell phone in ''on'' mode.

Control group

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

these would hold a cell phone to their left ears in their left hands for 15 min in 'off' mode

Radiation: Electromagnetic field of cell phone in 'off' mode.

Interventions

Electromagnetic field of cell phone in ''on'' mode. RADIATION

In experimental group, participants would hold a cell phone to their left ears in their left hands, in 'on' mode, for 15 min, and that they would thus be exposed to a 900-1800 MHz magnetic field (EMW) for 15 min.

Also known as: Experimental group

Experimental group

Electromagnetic field of cell phone in 'off' mode. RADIATION

In control group, participants would hold a cell phone to their left ears in their left hands for 15 min in 'off' mode.

Also known as: Control group

Control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Being an emergency department physician (specialist, intern or practitioner)
• Willingness to participate in the study
• Not being pregnant
• Age over 18 and under 60
• Working in the emergency department for at least 1 year

You may not qualify if:

• Being left-handed
• Consumption of coffee or alcohol in the previous 24 hours
• Pregnancy
• History of substance misuse or addiction
• Using medication due to psychiatric disease or sleep disorder.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Karadeniz Technical University: lead
• Trabzon Kanuni Education and Research Hospital: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine

Trabzon, 61080, Turkey (Türkiye)

RECRUITING

Related Publications (5)

• Xu F, Bai Q, Zhou K, Ma L, Duan J, Zhuang F, Xie C, Li W, Zou P, Zhu C. Age-dependent acute interference with stem and progenitor cell proliferation in the hippocampus after exposure to 1800 MHz electromagnetic radiation. Electromagn Biol Med. 2017;36(2):158-166. doi: 10.1080/15368378.2016.1233886. Epub 2016 Oct 3.

  PMID: 27696902 BACKGROUND

• El-Gohary OA, Said MA. Effect of electromagnetic waves from mobile phone on immune status of male rats: possible protective role of vitamin D. Can J Physiol Pharmacol. 2017 Feb;95(2):151-156. doi: 10.1139/cjpp-2016-0218. Epub 2016 Sep 5.

  PMID: 27901344 BACKGROUND

• Al-Serori H, Kundi M, Ferk F, Misik M, Nersesyan A, Murbach M, Lah TT, Knasmuller S. Evaluation of the potential of mobile phone specific electromagnetic fields (UMTS) to produce micronuclei in human glioblastoma cell lines. Toxicol In Vitro. 2017 Apr;40:264-271. doi: 10.1016/j.tiv.2017.01.012. Epub 2017 Jan 24.

  PMID: 28126644 BACKGROUND

• Pall ML. Microwave frequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs) produce widespread neuropsychiatric effects including depression. J Chem Neuroanat. 2016 Sep;75(Pt B):43-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2015.08.001. Epub 2015 Aug 21.

  PMID: 26300312 BACKGROUND

• Byun YH, Ha M, Kwon HJ, Hong YC, Leem JH, Sakong J, Kim SY, Lee CG, Kang D, Choi HD, Kim N. Mobile phone use, blood lead levels, and attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms in children: a longitudinal study. PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e59742. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059742. Epub 2013 Mar 21.

  PMID: 23555766 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Control Groups

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Epidemiologic Research Design; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Research Design; Methods

Central Study Contacts

Suleyman Turedi

CONTACT

+905052536238; suleymanturedi@hotmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: DIAGNOSTIC
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Prof. MD.

Model Details: Experimental group: we planned that all participants in this group would hold a cell phone to their left ears in their left hands, in 'on' mode, for 15 min, and that they would thus be exposed to a 900-1800 MHz magnetic field (EMW) for 15 min. Control group: these would hold a cell phone to their left ears in their left hands for 15 min in 'off' mode.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 24, 2017
• First Posted: August 4, 2017
• Study Start: January 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: August 15, 2017
• Study Completion: September 1, 2017
• Last Updated: August 7, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-08

Locations

TU (1)