Influence of the day of the week and the weather on people using a telephone support system.
The calls to a telephone counselling service at Louvain, during a 21-month period, from one telephone zone were analysed. Data were studied in relation to the type of weather, which was recorded every day. Calls made by women about health and interpersonal problems showed a relationship to the weather, while calls apparently motivated by masturbation intentions from male callers increased when the weather improved.
D001530:Belgium; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010507:Periodicity; D012737:Sex Factors; D013689:Telephone; D014887:Weather