RT Journal Article
T1 Validation of mobile phone use recall in the multinational MOBI‐kids study
A1 Wel, Luuk van
A1 Alguacil Ojeda, Juan
A1 Vermeulen, Roel
AB Potential differential and non-differential recall error in mobile phone use (MPU) in the multinational MOBI-Kids case-control study were evaluated. We compared self-reported MPU with network operator billing record data up to 3 months, 1 year, and 2 years before the interview date from 702 subjects aged between 10 and 24 years in eight countries. Spearman rank correlations, Kappa coefficients and geometric mean ratios (GMRs) were used. No material differences in MPU recall estimates between cases and controls were observed. The Spearman rank correlation coefficients between self-reported and recorded MPU in the most recent 3 months were 0.57 and 0.59 for call number and for call duration, respectively. The number of calls was on average underestimated by the participants (GMR = 0.69), while the duration of calls was overestimated (GMR = 1.59). Country, years since start of using a mobile phone, age at time of interview, and sex did not appear to influence recall accuracy for either call number or call duration. A trend in recall error was seen with level of self-reported MPU, with underestimation of use at lower levels and overestimation of use at higher levels for both number and duration of calls. Although both systematic and random errors in self-reported MPU among participants were observed, there was no evidence of differential recall error between cases and controls. Nonetheless, these sources of exposure measurement error warrant consideration in interpretation of the MOBI-Kids case-control study results on the association between children's use of mobile phones and potential brain cancer risk.
PB Wiley
SN 0197-8462
SN 1521-186X (electrónico)
YR 2024
FD 2024-04
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23846
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23846
LA eng
NO Wel, L. van, Huss, A., Kromhout, H., Momoli, F., Krewski, D., Langer, C. E., Castaño‐Vinyals, G., Kundi, M., Maule, M., Miligi, L., Sadetzki, S., Albert, A., Alguacil, J., Aragones, N., Badia, F., Bruchim, R., Goedhart, G., de Llobet, P., … Kiyohara, K. (2024). Validation of mobile phone use recall in the multinational MOBI‐kids study. In Bioelectromagnetics. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/bem.22507
NO Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)85500022/ZONMW_/ZonMw/Netherlands85800001/ZONMW_/ZonMw/NetherlandsPfizer Foundation and League Against Cancer0155-0007/Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications0155-0087/Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications0155-0139/Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications0155-0171/Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and CommunicationsGGET (General Secretariat for Research and Technology)Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA)FIS PI10/02981/Spanish Health Research Fund of the Carlos III National Institute for HealthNew Zealand Health Research Council025/2010/Conselleria de Sanitat, Generalitat ValencianaCure Kids New ZealandGZ 651.415/001-WF/V/2/2014/Austrian Ministry of ScienceELKE (Special Account for Research Grants of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)PI-0317/2010/Andalusian Consejeria de SaludCERCA Programme, Generalitat de CatalunyaRF-2009-1546284/Ministero della SaluteFrench National Cancer Institute (INCa)Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS)FSRF2008-3/French National Agency for Sanitary Safety of Food, Environment and Labour (ANSES)3609S30010/Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS)22687 3- the MOBI-Kids project/FP7/2007-2013603794-GERoNiMO project/FP7/2007-2013546130/Australian National Health and Medical Research Council2017-0-0096/Korean IT R&D program of MSIP/IITP2019-0-00102/Korean IT R&D program of MSIP/IITPEurosalud EUS2008-03626/Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICCIN)
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 1 jun 2026