Exploring Socio-Demographic Factors Affecting Psychological Symptoms in Humidifier Disinfectant Survivors.

This study aimed to compare the psychological symptoms of humidifier disinfectant survivors to the general population and explore socio-demographic factors influencing survivors' psychological symptoms. A one-way Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA) and a series of two-way MANCOVA were conducted with a sample of 228 humidifier disinfectant survivors and 228 controls. The results demonstrated that the survivor group displayed higher anxious/depressed symptoms, withdrawn symptoms, somatic complaints, thought problems, attention problems, aggressive behavior and rule-breaking behavior than the general group. Moreover, among the socio-demographic factors, the two-way interaction effects of group × family economic status and group × number of friends were found to be statistically significant. The limitations and implications of this study are discussed.

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Hye-Yun Ko, Seung-Hun Ryu, Min-Joo Lee, Hun-Ju Lee, Soo-Young Kwon, Seong-Mi Kim, Sang-Min Lee. Exploring Socio-Demographic Factors Affecting Psychological Symptoms in Humidifier Disinfectant Survivors. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2021 Nov 11;18(22)

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PMID: 34831566

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