• Aslı Kurtar Mansiroglu, Murat Erer, Mehmet Coşgun, Isa Sincer, and Yılmaz Güneş.
• Abant Izzet Baysal University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Bolu, Turkey.
• Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2020 Dec 1; 66 (12): 1685-1689.

ObjectiveWorkers describe many physical and mental symptoms when working in radiation areas. This study aimed to assess these symptoms in radiation workers using the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI).MethodsA total of 42 radiation workers (22 males and 20 females, mean age 34±7 years) and 47 control subjects (22 males and 27 females, mean age 31± 8 years) who work in non-radiation areas in the hospital were included in the study. All participants anonymously filled out the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) questionnaire.ResultsThe demographic data of workers were not significantly different between groups. In the BAI, the dizzy or lightheaded (p =0.01), terrified (p= 0.01), unsteady (p=0.02), heart-pounding and racing (p=0.02) items were significantly higher in the radiation-exposed group compared to the control group. |The BAI score was also significantly higher in the radiation-exposed group (11.1±6.8 vs. 8.7±3.8, p =0.04).ConclusionThese results suggest the possibility that radiation may play a role in the psychometric properties of workers. The effects of radiation on the health of employees need to be further investigated and understood.

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