Effects of selective outcome reporting on risk perception.

Brain Neoplasms / epidemiology Cell Phone Electromagnetic Fields Glioma / epidemiology Humans Perception
Electromagnetic fields Mobile phones Outcome reporting bias Risk assessment Risk communication Risk perception Selective reporting

Journal

Environmental research
ISSN: 1096-0953
Titre abrégé: Environ Res
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0147621

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
05 2021
Historique:
received: 04 11 2020
revised: 26 01 2021
accepted: 27 01 2021
pubmed: 7 2 2021
medline: 4 6 2021
entrez: 6 2 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The current study aimed to investigate how selective reporting of study results indicating increased health effects will influence its receiver's risk perception. Using the example of the Interphone Study from 2010 on mobile phone usage and cancer, an online experiment was conducted separating respondents into two groups. One group of subjects was informed selectively about a relationship between heavy mobile phone use and an elevated risk of glioma (brain cancer) only. The other group of subjects was informed about the full results of the analyses of glioma risk by cumulative call time, which suggests that other than for the heavy users, there were no statistically significant elevated risks related to mobile phone use. The results showed that selective reporting of risk information increased risk perception when compared to receiving the full information. Additionally, the selectively informed subjects revealed a stronger tendency towards overgeneralization of the 'elevated brain cancer risk' to all mobile phone users, although this did not extend to an overgeneralization to other electromagnetic field sources or differences in the perception of a usage time dependency for possible health risks. These results indicate that reporting of full results is an important factor in effective risk communication.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.110821 PMID: 33548295
pubmed: 33548295
pii: S0013-9351(21)00115-8
doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.110821
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

110821

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

F Freudenstein (F)

Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research, Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Centre for Population Health Research on Electromagnetic Energy, Monash University, VIC, Australia; Department of Risk Communication, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: frederik.freudenstein@bfr.bund.de.

R J Croft (RJ)

Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research, Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia; Centre for Population Health Research on Electromagnetic Energy, Monash University, VIC, Australia; School of Psychology, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: rcroft@uow.edu.au.

S P Loughran (SP)

Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research, Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia; Centre for Population Health Research on Electromagnetic Energy, Monash University, VIC, Australia; School of Psychology, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: loughran@uow.edu.au.

B M Zeleke (BM)

Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Centre for Population Health Research on Electromagnetic Energy, Monash University, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: berihun.zeleke@monash.edu.

P M Wiedemann (PM)

Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research, Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia; Centre for Population Health Research on Electromagnetic Energy, Monash University, VIC, Australia; School of Psychology, Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: pwiedema@uow.edu.au.

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Classifications MeSH

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