Nocebo responses to high-voltage power lines: Evidence from a prospective field study risk

Risk perception

• personal risk estimation

Endpoint

• hypersensitivity/subjective complaints: unspecific somatic health complaints (e.g. headaches, dizziness, and low back pain) and cognitive health complaints (e.g. forgetfulness, difficulty concentrating, trouble maintaining attention)
• beliefs about the negative health effects of power lines; whether these beliefs could explain a change in reported symptoms after the new line was put into operation; nocebo response

Considered exposure sources

• • 50/60 Hz
  • magnetic field
• • power transmission line
• • residential

Investigated group

Residents in the vicinity of a new high-voltage power line in the Netherlands took part in a survey at four different time-points.

Related articles

• Porsius JT et al. (2015): Symptom reporting after the introduction of a new high-voltage power line: A prospective field study