Study type: Medical/biological study (observational study)

Does chronic exposure to mobile phones affect cognition? med./bio.

Published in: Funct Neurol 2016; 31 (1): 47-51

Aim of study (acc. to author)

The effects of chronic mobile phone usage on cognition should be investigated.

Background/further details

90 volunteers aged 17-25 years with normal hearing were divided into 3 groups according to their duration of mobile phone use (n=30 each): 1) subjects who had used mobile phones for less than five years, 2) subjects who had used mobile phones for more than five years and 3) subjects who had never used a mobile phone.
Data from two trials were obtained and averaged.

Endpoint

Exposure

Exposure Parameters
Exposure 1:
Exposure duration: mobile phone usage for < 5 years
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Exposure 2:
Exposure duration: mobile phone usage for > 5 years
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General information

subjects were using mobile phones primarily to make phone calls, while text messaging and use of the internet constituted less than 20% of their total mobile phone use; 47% of the subjects used their mobile phone for 30 to 60 minutes per day; all were using handsets and none used Bluetooth

Exposure 1

Main characteristics
Frequency
Type
Exposure duration mobile phone usage for < 5 years
Exposure setup
Exposure source
Parameters

No parameters are specified for this exposure.

Exposure 2

Main characteristics
Frequency
Type
Exposure duration mobile phone usage for > 5 years
Exposure setup
Exposure source
Parameters

No parameters are specified for this exposure.

Exposed system:

Methods Endpoint/measurement parameters/methodology

Investigated system:
Investigated organ system:
Time of investigation:
  • after exposure

Main outcome of study (acc. to author)

No significant differences in any parameter were found between the groups.
The authors conclude that chronic mobile phone usage has no detrimental effect on cognition. However, further studies with larger numbers of subjects and with a longer duration of exposure are needed to substantiate these results.

Study character:

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