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Neuropsychological test performance in Swedish multiple chemical sensitivity patients – an exploratory study

In English

Författare

  • Kai Österberg
  • Palle Örbaek
  • Björn Karlson

Summary, in English

To address the hypothesis of brain dysfunction as a component of the multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) syndrome, a neuropsychological battery comprising 8 tests was given to 17 Swedish MCS patients and 34 demographically matched controls. Across the 6 tests used as indicators of brain impairment, comprising a total of 17 test variables, the MCS group performed poorer only in a complex reaction time test (mean reaction time; p = 0.002; t test). Correction for self-ratings of mental distress and trait psychasthenia did not eliminate the deviation in the reaction time test. Because the results on most tests were within normal limits, brain impairment was not evidenced. However, the similar minor deviations in neurobehavioral tests observed in several studies of MCS patients indicate the need for a study on a larger sample of MCS cases.

Publiceringsår

2002

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

139-147

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Applied Neuropsychology

Volym

9

Issue

3

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Taylor & Francis

Ämne

  • Environmental Health and Occupational Health

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0908-4282