Associations between noise sensitivity and sleep, subjectively evaluated sleep quality, annoyance, and performance after exposure to nocturnal traffic noise
TL;DR: The results suggest that alterations of subjective evaluation of sleep were determined by physical parameters of the noise but modified by individual factors like noise sensitivity.
Abstract: In order to determine the influence of noise sensitivity on sleep, subjective sleep quality, annoyance, and performance after nocturnal exposure to traffic noise, 12 women and 12 men (age range, 19-28 years) were observed during four consecutive nights over a three weeks period. After a habituation night, the participants were exposed with weekly permuted changes to air, rail and road traffic noise. Of the four nights, one was a quiet night (32 dBA), while three were noisy nights with exposure to equivalent noise levels of 39, 44, and 50 dBA in a permuted order. The traffic noise caused alterations of most of the physiological parameters, subjective evaluation of sleep, annoyance, and performance. Correlations were found between noise sensitivity and subjective sleep quality in terms of worsened restoration, decreased calmness, difficulty to fall asleep, and body movements. The results suggest that alterations of subjective evaluation of sleep were determined by physical parameters of the noise but modified by individual factors like noise sensitivity.
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07 Dec 2018
TL;DR: In this paper, a discussion on the Effets du Bruit des Aeronefs Touching the Sante (DEBATS) was presented, in which participants were asked to evaluate the effect of the expositions of the bruit of avions on their lives.
Abstract: Contexte : Le trafic aerien, en constante augmentation au cours de ces dernieres decennies, n'est pas sans impact sur l'environnement et la population. En particulier, le bruit emis par les avions constitue une nuisance importante et un probleme majeur de sante publique, notamment en termes de perturbations du sommeil. Pour autant, en France surtout, les consequences de l'exposition au bruit des avions restent insuffisamment evaluees. Objectif : L'objectif de ce travail de these est de mieux connaitre et de mieux quantifier les effets du bruit des avions sur la qualite du sommeil des riverains des aeroports en France, en distinguant qualite subjective et qualite objective. Methodes : Pour repondre aux objectifs de cette these, nous avons utilise les donnees recueillies dans un programme de recherche epidemiologique appele DEBATS (Discussion sur les Effets du Bruit des Aeronefs Touchant la Sante). L'etude principale, dite « etude longitudinale », a inclus 1244 participants vivant a proximite de trois aeroports francais d'importance : Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Lyon-Saint Exupery et Toulouse-Blagnac. La qualite subjective du sommeil a ete evaluee grâce a un questionnaire administre par des enqueteurs au domicile des sujets. Le niveau d'exposition au bruit des avions a ete estime a l'adresse du domicile de chaque participant a partir des cartes de bruit produites par la Direction Generale de l'Aviation Civile. Une etude complementaire dite « etude sommeil » a permis d'evaluer la qualite objective du sommeil de 112 des 1244 participants a l'etude longitudinale grâce au port d'un actimetre pendant huit jours et d'un Actiheart (enregistreur de la frequence cardiaque) pendant une nuit. Des mesures acoustiques ont ete realisees pendant ces huit jours en facade et a l'interieur de la chambre a coucher des participants, afin de caracteriser leur exposition au bruit des avions a l'aide d'indicateurs non seulement energetiques (LAeq, LA90) mais aussi evenementiels (nombre d'evenements et niveau maximum de bruit de l'evenement ou LAmax). Resultats : L'analyse de « l'etude longitudinale » a permis de montrer une association entre l'exposition au bruit des avions la nuit (Lnight) et la qualite subjective du sommeil caracterisee par un risque de declarer dormir moins de 6 heures par nuit (OR=1,63 pour 10 dB(A) ; IC 95% : 1,15-2,32) et de se sentir fatigue au reveil (OR=1,23 pour 10 dB(A) ; IC 95% : 1,00-1,54). Nous n'avons pas trouve de relation significative avec les autres parametres subjectifs de la qualite du sommeil rapportes par les sujets eux-memes, tels que le temps d'endormissement, les eveils nocturnes, la satisfaction du sommeil et la prise de medicaments pour dormir. Nous avons egalement montre une association entre l'exposition au bruit des avions et les parametres objectifs de la qualite du sommeil avec une augmentation du temps d'endormissement et de la duree des eveils intra-sommeil, une diminution de l'efficacite du sommeil, mais aussi une augmentation du temps total de sommeil et du temps passe au lit (cette derniere pouvant etre interpretee comme un mecanisme d'adaptation a la privation de sommeil). Les indicateurs energetiques, mais plus encore les indicateurs lies aux evenements de bruit, sont significativement associes aux parametres objectifs de la qualite du sommeil. Par exemple, les evenements de bruit d'avions detectes a l'interieur de la chambre a coucher sont associes a une augmentation de la duree totale des eveils intra-sommeil superieure a 30 minutes (OR=1,10 pour 10 evenements ; IC 95% : 1,03-1,16). Enfin, nous avons observe une augmentation significative de l'amplitude de la frequence cardiaque pendant un evenement sonore associe au passage d'un avion et le niveau maximum de bruit de cet evenement (LAmax) [etc...]
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TL;DR: The results suggest that traffic noise may be associated with poorer mental processing, which can result in longer RT during driving, therefore, traffic noise would expose drivers to consequent accidents and incidents.
Abstract: Aims: The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between traffic noise and drivers' reaction time (RT) and their error in estimates of movement time. Materials and Methods: In over all, 80 university students with at least 3 years postlicense experience of driving were divided into two groups including traffic noise exposure and control group. S5 test of Vienna test system package was used for assessment of RT. In addition, time-movement anticipation was employed for measuring the rate of error in estimation of movement time before exposing to the traffic noise. After a 1-month interval, participants in the experimental group were exposed to traffic noise about 2 h and the tests were performed again for both groups. Results: Accordingly, RT was statistically higher after traffic noise exposure for male and female. However, there was no significant difference between time of movement before and after exposure to traffic noise both for male and female (P > 0.05). In addition, no difference was shown between movement time, number of accurate estimates, and number of estimates with gross errors before and after of traffic noise exposure in experimental and control group. Conclusion: The results suggest that traffic noise may be associated with poorer mental processing, which can result in longer RT during driving. Therefore, traffic noise would expose drivers to consequent accidents and incidents.
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30 Jun 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, the psycho-logical effects of nocturnal aircraft noise on annoyance, subjective aircraft noise exposure (intensity and frequency), sleep sensation, mood, stress and recuperation were investigated.
Abstract: A sleep laboratory study with 128 subjects was run using questionnaires to investigate the psycho-logical effects of nocturnal aircraft noise on annoyance, subjective aircraft noise exposure (intensity and frequency), sleep sensation, mood, stress and recuperation. 112 subjects served as experimen-tal groups, and they were exposed to aircraft noise of various intensities and frequencies during nine nights. A validation of the laboratory results took place by means of a field study which was conducted with 64 residents living in the vicinity of the Konrad-Adenauer-Airport Cologne/Bonn. For the laboratory study, there is a significant influence of aircraft noise (i.e., significant main ef-fects of the aircraft noise parameters maximum noise level LAS,max, number of aircraft noise events (level frequency), energy equivalent noise level LAS,eq), but not on mood, stress and recuperation. Annoyance and subjective aircraft noise exposure increase significantly with rising LAS,max, level fre-quency and LAS,eq. Regarding the sleep sensation only the frequency and the LAS,eq are relevant. Ac-cording to the prediction of dose-response curves for noise annoyance, which were derived by means of random effects logistic regression, the percentage of aircraft noise annoyed persons in the laboratory rises with increasing LAS,max and frequency. In the field and laboratory, there is an in-crease of the number of noise annoyed persons with rising LAS,eq. In the laboratory, the percentage of annoyed persons decreases above 46.6 dB(A) due to the presentation of louder aircraft noise events with lower frequencies in the night. Thereby, the significance of the number of nocturnal flight movements for the noise annoyance is pointed out. This is confirmed by the predictions made by the field model applying the frequency as independent variable. For the laboratory, significant moderators of annoyance are the assessed “necessity” of air traffic, the gender and the aircraft noise pre-annoyance; for the field the adaptation to aircraft noise and the age are significant.
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01 Jan 2014TL;DR: The health effects of noise are modified by noise source, co-exposures, environmental and socio-demographic factors (as well as personal traits) and research methodology.
Abstract: Traffic noise causes annoyance and sleep disturbance and has been linked with several other adverse effects on life quality and health, including increased risk of hypertension and myocardial infarction. Conservative estimates assume that at least one million healthy life years are lost every year from traffic related noise in the western part of Europe. We know from earlier studies that the adverse effects of environmental noise may be modified by social, demographic and individual factors. However, there is a need to better evaluate exposure-response in susceptible groups. The aim of this thesis was to test a number of factors hypothesised to modify the association between road traffic noise, annoyance and cardiovascular disease. Paper I-III are cross-sectional, while paper IV is a cohort study. The four different study populations in this thesis were selected through stratified random sampling of men and women aged 18-80 years old in the county of Skane and its major city Malmo in southern Sweden. Exposures of road traffic and railway noise as well as air pollution were modelled using geographic information system (GIS) for the survey participants’ residential addresses. Possible confounding and modifying factors were mainly drawn from survey responses while outcomes were based on both self-reporting and inpatient registers. We were not able to show a relation between current and medium-term noise exposure to road traffic noise and incident myocardial infarction or ischemic heart disease in the general population. Air-pollution at low levels did not modify this effect. An association was however found between road traffic noise and hypertension in a cross-sectional study >60dB(A). We also found strong and positive relations between road traffic noise and annoyance. Railway noise was found to be less annoying at intermediate levels, but not >55dB(A). Access to quiet side had a protective effect and decreased the risk of annoyance, sleep and concentration problems equal to a 5dB(A) decrease in noise exposure. Generally middle-aged persons were found to be more susceptible to noise. Higher socioeconomic status and educational level were related to noise annoyance. With regard to sex, findings were less consistent. We also found that results in our studies might be biased due to selective participation, that noise sensitive individuals were likely to have a higher response rate and that inter-study comparison may be difficult since different annoyance scales can produce very different results. In conclusion, the health effects of noise are modified by noise source, co-exposures, environmental and socio-demographic factors (as well as personal traits) and research methodology. To develop better policies for residential noise environment, future research should focus on combined exposures and stressors as well as further explaining age differences and developing better ways to account for social class.
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01 Jan 2022
TL;DR: In this article , the authors summarized the most relevant non-acoustic factors and briefly explained their mechanisms on annoyance and sleep as well as the potential to address these factors via intervention methods aiming at the reduction of adverse noise outcomes and an increase in the quality of life of airport residents.
Abstract: Abstract Annoyance and sleep disturbances due to aircraft noise represent a major burden of disease. They are considered as health effects as well as part of the causal pathway from exposure to long-term effects such as cardiovascular and metabolic diseases as well as mental disorders (e.g. depression). Both annoyance and sleep disturbance are not only determined by the noise exposure, but also to a considerable extent by non-acoustic factors. This chapter summarises the most relevant non-acoustic factors and briefly explains their mechanisms on annoyance and sleep as well as the potential to address these factors via intervention methods aiming at the reduction of adverse noise outcomes and an increase in the quality of life of airport residents. Here, the focus is on airport management measures that are considered to help improve the residents’ coping capacity. Findings from the ANIMA case studies with regard to main aspects of quality of life in airport residents around European airports are briefly reported and recommendations for a community-oriented airport management are derived.
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TL;DR: Noise sensitivity levels did fall with recovery from depression but still remained high, suggesting an underlying high level of noise sensitivity, and was related to higher tonic skin conductance and heart rate and greater defence/startle responses during noise exposure in the laboratory.
Abstract: Noise, a prototypical environmental stressor, has clear health effects in causing hearing loss but other health effects are less evident. Noise exposure may lead to minor emotional symptoms but the evidence of elevated levels of aircraft noise leading to psychiatric hospital admissions and psychiatric disorder in the community is contradictory. Despite this there are well documented associations between noise exposure and changes in performance, sleep disturbance and emotional reactions such as annoyance. Moreover, annoyance is associated with both environmental noise level and psychological and physical symptoms, psychiatric disorder and use of health services. It seems likely that existing psychiatric disorder contributes to high levels of annoyance. However, there is also the possibility that tendency to annoyance may be a risk factor for psychiatric morbidity. Although noise level explains a significant proportion of the variance in annoyance, the other major factor, confirmed in many studies, is subjective sensitivity to noise. Noise sensitivity is also related to psychiatric disorder. The evidence for noise sensitivity being a risk factor for psychiatric disorder would be greater if it were a stable personality characteristic, and preceded psychiatric morbidity. The stability of noise sensitivity and whether it is merely secondary to psychiatric disorder or is a risk factor for psychiatric disorder as well as annoyance is examined in two studies in this monograph: a six-year follow-up of a group of highly noise sensitive and low noise sensitive women; and a longitudinal study of depressed patients and matched control subjects examining changes in noise sensitivity with recovery from depression. A further dimension of noise effects concerns the impact of noise on the autonomic nervous system. Most physiological responses to noise habituate rapidly but in some people physiological responses persist. It is not clear whether this sub-sample is also subjectively sensitive to noise and whether failure to habituate to environmental noise may also represent a biological indicator of vulnerability to psychiatric disorder. In these studies noise sensitivity was found to be moderately stable and associated with current psychiatric disorder and a disposition to negative affectivity. Noise sensitivity levels did fall with recovery from depression but still remained high, suggesting an underlying high level of noise sensitivity. Noise sensitivity was related to higher tonic skin conductance and heart rate and greater defence/startle responses during noise exposure in the laboratory. Noise sensitive people attend more to noises, discriminate more between noises, find noises more threatening and out of their control, and react to, and adapt to noises more slowly than less noise sensitive people.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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