Predictors of Risk Perception Among General Practitioners and Paediatricians Concerning Potential Health Effects of Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields

IF 1.6 3区生物学 Q3 BIOLOGY

Bioelectromagnetics Pub Date : 2026-02-26 DOI:10.1002/bem.70047

Katharina Lüthy, Felix Forster, Claudia Riesmeyer, Lyn Ermel, Katja Radon, Tobias Weinmann

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Abstract

Scientific evidence for health issues due to exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) is limited but there is considerable concern in the population about such effects. Physicians are seen as an important multiplier to the general population. The presented work intends to identify predictors of risk perception concerning EMF among general practitioners (GPs) and paediatricians. A cross-sectional study was carried out in 2023 among 292 (response rate: 6%) GPs and paediatricians across Germany. Logistic regression modelling was applied to examine the relationship between different variables (technology acceptance, media health literacy, conspiracy belief, trust in organisations/institutions and environmental worry) and the physicians' health-related risk perception regarding EMF. Ninety-one participants (31%) indicated to believe in health issues as a consequence of EMF exposure. Higher EMF risk perception was indicated by physicians with high conspiracy belief compared to their peers with less conspiracy belief (odds ratio [OR]: 2.92; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.81–4.13). High trust in bodies like WHO (OR: 0.57; 95% CI: 0.35–0.82) or the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (OR: 0.50; 95% CI: 0.28–0.76) was associated with lower EMF risk perception. Overall, we observed considerable evidence that conspiracy belief and trust in organisations may predict EMF risk perception. Bioelectromagnetics. 00:00–00, 2026. © 2026 Bioelectromagnetics Society.

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全科医生和儿科医生对暴露于电磁场的潜在健康影响的风险认知的预测因素。

关于暴露于电磁场（EMF）造成的健康问题的科学证据有限，但人们对这种影响相当关注。医生被视为普通人群的重要乘数。提出的工作旨在确定在全科医生（全科医生）和儿科医生电磁场的风险感知的预测因素。2023年，在德国292名全科医生和儿科医生中进行了一项横断面研究（回复率：6%）。应用逻辑回归模型来检验不同变量（技术接受度、媒体健康素养、阴谋信念、对组织/机构的信任和环境担忧）与医生对EMF的健康相关风险感知之间的关系。91名参与者（31%）表示相信接触电磁场会造成健康问题。高阴谋信念的医生比低阴谋信念的同行表现出更高的EMF风险感知（优势比[OR]: 2.92； 95%可信区间[CI]: 1.81-4.13）。对世界卫生组织（OR: 0.57; 95% CI: 0.35-0.82）或联邦辐射防护局（OR: 0.50; 95% CI: 0.28-0.76）等机构的高度信任与较低的EMF风险认知相关。总体而言，我们观察到相当多的证据表明，组织中的阴谋信念和信任可能预测EMF风险感知。生物电磁学[j] . 2026 - 2026。©2026生物电磁学学会。

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Bioelectromagnetics 生物-生物物理

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4.60

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6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Bioelectromagnetics is published by Wiley-Liss, Inc., for the Bioelectromagnetics Society and is the official journal of the Bioelectromagnetics Society and the European Bioelectromagnetics Association. It is a peer-reviewed, internationally circulated scientific journal that specializes in reporting original data on biological effects and applications of electromagnetic fields that range in frequency from zero hertz (static fields) to the terahertz undulations and visible light. Both experimental and clinical data are of interest to the journal''s readers as are theoretical papers or reviews that offer novel insights into or criticism of contemporary concepts and theories of field-body interactions. The Bioelectromagnetics Society, which sponsors the journal, also welcomes experimental or clinical papers on the domains of sonic and ultrasonic radiation.