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A Study on Mental Emotional Disorders with Cornell Medical Inex (CMII) Score Among Community Living Underneath Suteti (Powerline Frequency) 500KV, 2008

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Suteti 500 kV or the Powerline 500 kV is the Extra High Electrical energy. Transmission lines more often being associated with mental emotional disorders suffered by people who have been living underneath. A study was carried out in East Jakarta and Tanbun West Jawa, 2006 aiming to identify the association between the exposure of Suteti and the mental emotional disorders using the Cornell Medical Index (CMI) instrument and Sleeping disorders. A crossectional study was carried out among 1200 respondents who have been living about 15 years and more underneath . The sample unit was the head of family, recruited proportionally in three zones, zone 1 0-30 meters (ms); zone 2 30-70 ms, zone 3 70-100 m right and left hand side away from the median of Suteti tower foot. The independent variables were sociodemographic, nutritional status, hypertension, annoyance, satisfaction, smoking habits, zone, electric field dose, magnetic field dose and melatonin. Hypertension and sleeping disorders were diagnosed by medical doctors. The statistical analyses were bivariate and the multivariate logistic regression function. Study results found that the highest electric field was 3,2 kV/m and magnetic field was 534 mA/m (6.7 x 10² MT), both were still below the threshold values of SNI, 2003, for electric field 5kV/m and magnetic field 0,1 mT. Annoyance was reported significant different identified among three zones (p=0,000) The first zone, 3070%; zone 2, 21.98% and zone 3, 25.22%. The reasons of annoyance identified were, tower collapse, broken off SUTETI wire, burning of testpens, electrical shock, noise of corona, and impaired of domestic electronic equipments such as tvs, sound systems in mosque etc. About satisfaction, 99.01 respondents felt satisfied living in the location, no difference identified among zones 1, 2 and 3. The latter could be explained by the socioeconomic condition of population which mostly low. Eventhough the annoyance does exist but there is no chance for them to move to another place to live due to the skyrocketed unthinkable high price of land in Jakarta Study results revealed among the 1117 respondents filling out CMI, 641 (57,4%) respondents werenormal, the prevalence of mental emotional disorders was 42,6%. The prevalence of mental emotional disorders were significant different among zones (p=0,000) as follows: The highest prevalence was zone 1, 20.41%, zone 2, 1361% lesser and zone 3, 8.59% the smallest still less from the prevalence of Jakarta. The CMI also revealed 11 psychosomatic disorders with the highest percentages as follows, nausea, sleeping disturbance; chronic fatique syndrome. Migraine, easily shocked and trembled hearing sound, feeling frightened at night when listening to alien voice, feeling and dizziness, feeling frightened at night when listening, easily shocked and trembled hearing sound, feeling frightened at night when listening to alien voice, feeling tensed and dizziness, feeling rapid heart beat, being easily offended (sensitive0, loss f appetite to eat and warery eyes. The determinant identified was zone (p=0,024); OR 7.355 (5% Confidence Interval/CI 1.297 – 41. 711). Respondents living in zone 1 and 2 (0-70 meters), were risky 7 x to suffer from mental emotional disorders compared to respondents living in zone 3 (70-100 meters), About Sleeping disorders, the total prevalence was 50.44%, 99.0% suffering moderate and mild insomnia. The determinant was nutritional status p=0.012.; OR 0.584 (95% CI 0.385 – 0.886) meaning, being normal and underweight are protective from sleeping disorders, the conclusions found, there were no significant associations between the electromagnetic exposure of Suteti and mental emotional disorders as well as sleeping disorders.

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Buletin Penelitian Kesehatan, 36(41) 2008 : 157-16

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Jakarta : Badan Litbang Kesehatan., 2008

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English

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0125-9695

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ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
SLEEP DISORDERS

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