ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of ultra-high frequency radiation on psychomotor neurological behavior in workers with exposure. METHODS: A total of 85 workers who exposed to 40.68 MHz radiofrequency were recruited as the exposure group by judgment sampling method. A group of 121 workers without occupational EMR exposure were recruited as the control group. Workers in both groups were from the same shoe factory. The electric field intensity(EFI) of ultra-high frequency radiation of workplace in the exposure group was measured. The computerized neurobehavioral evaluation system in Chinese version 3 was used to evaluate the psychomotor neurobehavioral function which included the neurobehavioral ability index(NAI) of simple visual reaction time(SVRT), digital screening and fit curve and the general NAI(GNAI) of the above 3 indexes. RESULTS: The median of the workplace EFI of ultra-high frequency radiation in the exposure group was 119.0 V/m, and all of them exceeded the national occupational exposure limit. NAI of digital screening in exposure group was lower than that in the control group(P<0.05). There is no statistically significant difference in the NAI of SVRT, fit curve and GNAI(P>0.05). Meanwhile, there is no statistically significant difference in abnormal rate of NAI of SVRT, digital screening, fit curve and GNAI(P>0.05). The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that the ultra-high frequency radiation EFI exposure was negatively correlated with NAI of digital screening(P<0.05) after eliminating the influence of confounding factors such as age, working age, gender, education level, smoking, drinking and staying up late. CONCLUSION: The digital screening of psychomotor neurobehavioral function in the exposure workers was adversely affected by the ultra-high frequency radiation. The neural behavioral ability of eye-hand coordination and precise movement may be the specific performance.