Table 2.
Symptoms reported by the participants
| Symptom | IEI-EMF | Control | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sham | Provocation | P+/S− | S+/P− | OR (95% CI) | Sham | Provocation | P+/S− | S+/P− | OR (95% CI) | |
| Nausea | 18 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2.0 (0.4–12.4) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | NA |
| Distraction | 24 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 1.0 (0.2–4.4) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 (0.0–78.5) |
| Itch | 20 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0.1 (0.0–1.1) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0.7 (0.1–5.8) |
| Desire to cough | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 (0.0–78.5) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | NA |
| Tingle | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 (0.0–5.3) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 (0.0–78.2) |
| Anxiety | 27 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 0.4 (0.1–0.9) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2.0 (0.1–118.0) |
| Headache | 29 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 1.6 (0.5–6.2) | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1.3 (0.3–6.3) |
| Diplopia | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 (0.0–9.6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA |
| Auditory symptoms | 21 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 1.5 (0.4–7.2) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.3 (0.0–2.5) |
| Eye itch | 15 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1.0 (0.2–18.0) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4.0 (0.4–197.0) |
| Palpitation | 19 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0.5 (0.1–3.5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA |
| Fatigue | 23 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2.0 (0.5–9.1) | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 (0.2–18.0) |
| Cold sweat | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | NA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA |
P+/S− Symptom reported in the provocation session but not in the sham session, S+/P− Symptom reported in the sham session but not in the provocation session, OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval, NA Not Available