Environmental noise, sleep and health.

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Environmental noise, sleep and health.

01 Apr 2007-Sleep Medicine Reviews (Sleep Med Rev)-Vol. 11, Iss: 2, pp 135-142

TL;DR: Over the past 30 years, research into environmental noise and sleep has focused on different situations and environments, and therefore the findings are variable, but it still seems necessary for some fundamental questions to be answered on whether environmental noise has long-term detrimental effects on health and quality of life and, if so, what these effects are for night-time, noise-exposed populations.

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About: This article is published in Sleep Medicine Reviews.The article was published on 2007-04-01. It has received 672 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Environmental noise & Noise.

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Auditory and non-auditory effects of noise on health

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Mathias Basner¹, Wolfgang Babisch², Adrian Davis³, Adrian Davis⁴, Mark Brink⁵, Charlotte Clark⁶, S.A. Janssen⁷, Stephen Stansfeld⁶ - Show less +4 more•Institutions (7)

University of Pennsylvania¹, Environment Agency², Public Health England³, University College London⁴, ETH Zurich⁵, Queen Mary University of London⁶, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research⁷

12 Apr 2014-The Lancet

TL;DR: The importance of adequate noise prevention and mitigation strategies for public health is stressed, as Observational and experimental studies have shown that noise exposure leads to annoyance, disturbs sleep and causes daytime sleepiness.

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1,189 citations

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...Occupational noise-induced hearing loss Despite the introduction of standards for hearing protection, reduction in occupational noise exposure in developed countries, and extensive public health eff orts, hearing loss induced by exposure to occupational noise remains a dilemma and is the focus of extensive research. Noise-induced hearing is the most common occupational disease in the USA: about 22 million US workers are exposed to hazardous noise levels at work, and, annually, an estimated US$242 million is spent on compensation for hearing loss disability.(16) Many countries enforce general health and safety legislation that specifi es maximum exposure levels and requirements for action, including noise assessments, regular audiometric testing, protective equipment, and monitoring, which are intended to protect both workers and the public from excessive noise exposure. However, the available evidence for associations between occu pational noise exposure and hearing loss is complex and its quality varies. Many studies have a lack of appropriate non-exposed controls, and longitudinal studies are scarce. Contributors to a Cochrane collaboration review(17) con cluded that “higher quality prevention programs, better quality of studies especially in the fi eld of engin eering controls and better imple mentation of legislation are needed to better prevent noise-induced hearing loss”. This Review also indicated that current eff orts for hearing loss prevention focus on hearing protection rather than on noise control. The exact level of noise exposure in industrial settings that carries risk of hearing damage is debated internationally. For example, in the UK, the Control of Noise at Work Regulations (2005)(18) set levels for action at LAeq8h 80 dB (protection made available) and 85 dB (protection mandatory)....
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Auditory and non-auditory eff ects of noise on health

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Mathias Basner, Wolfgang Babisch, Adrian Davis, Mark Brink, Charlotte Clark, S.A. Janssen, Stephen Stansfeld - Show less +3 more

01 Jan 2013

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors stress the importance of adequate noise prevention and mitigation strategies for public health and stress that noise exposure leads to annoyance, disturbs sleep and causes daytime sleepiness, aff ects patient outcomes and staff performance in hospitals, increases the occurrence of hypertension and cardiovascular disease, and impairs cognitive performance in schoolchildren.

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Abstract: Noise is pervasive in everyday life and can cause both auditory and non-auditory health eff ects. Noise-induced hearing loss remains highly prevalent in occupational settings, and is increasingly caused by social noise exposure (eg, through personal music players). Our understanding of molecular mechanisms involved in noise-induced haircell and nerve damage has substantially increased, and preventive and therapeutic drugs will probably become available within 10 years. Evidence of the non-auditory eff ects of environmental noise exposure on public health is growing. Observational and experimental studies have shown that noise exposure leads to annoyance, disturbs sleep and causes daytime sleepiness, aff ects patient outcomes and staff performance in hospitals, increases the occurrence of hypertension and cardiovascular disease, and impairs cognitive performance in schoolchildren. In this Review, we stress the importance of adequate noise prevention and mitigation strategies for public health.

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Burden of Disease from Environmental Noise: Quantification of Healthy Life Years Lost in Europe

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Lin Fritschi, Lex Brown, Rokho Kim, Dietrich Schwela, Stelios Kephalopolous - Show less +1 more

01 Jan 2011

TL;DR: Policy-makers and their advisers are provided with technical support in their quantitative risk assessment of environmental noise and can use the procedure for estimating burdens presented here to prioritize and plan environmental and public health policies.

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Abstract: The health impacts of environmental noise are a growing concern. At least one million healthy life years are lost every year from traffic-related noise in the western part of Europe. This publication summarises the evidence on the relationship between environmental noise and health effects, including cardiovascular disease, cognitive impairment, sleep disturbance, tinnitus, and annoyance. For each one, the environmental burden of disease methodology, based on exposure-response relationship, exposure distribution, background prevalence of disease and disability weights of the outcome, is applied to calculate the burden of disease in terms of disability-adjusted life-years. Data are still lacking for the rest of the WHO European Region. This publication provides policy-makers and their advisers with technical support in their quantitative risk assessment of environmental noise. International, national and local authorities can use the procedure for estimating burdens presented here to prioritize and plan environmental and public health policies.

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The role of sleep hygiene in promoting public health: A review of empirical evidence.

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Leah A. Irish¹, Christopher E. Kline², Heather E. Gunn², Daniel J. Buysse², Martica H. Hall² - Show less +1 more•Institutions (2)

North Dakota State University¹, University of Pittsburgh²

01 Aug 2015-Sleep Medicine Reviews

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate the empirical evidence for sleep hygiene recommendations regarding exercise, stress management, noise, sleep timing, and avoidance of caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, and daytime napping, with a particular emphasis on their public health utility.

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Cardiovascular effects of environmental noise exposure

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Thomas Münzel, Tommaso Gori, Wolfgang Babisch¹, Mathias Basner²•Institutions (2)

Environment Agency¹, University of Pennsylvania²

01 Apr 2014-European Heart Journal

TL;DR: Evidence from epidemiologic studies demonstrates that environmental noise is associated with an increased incidence of arterial hypertension, myocardial infarction, and stroke, and the importance of noise mitigation strategies for public health is stressed.

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Abstract: The role of noise as an environmental pollutant and its impact on health are being increasingly recognized. Beyond its effects on the auditory system, noise causes annoyance and disturbs sleep, and it impairs cognitive performance. Furthermore, evidence from epidemiologic studies demonstrates that environmental noise is associated with an increased incidence of arterial hypertension, myocardial infarction, and stroke. Both observational and experimental studies indicate that in particular night-time noise can cause disruptions of sleep structure, vegetative arousals (e.g. increases of blood pressure and heart rate) and increases in stress hormone levels and oxidative stress, which in turn may result in endothelial dysfunction and arterial hypertension. This review focuses on the cardiovascular consequences of environmental noise exposure and stresses the importance of noise mitigation strategies for public health.

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The Effects of Noise on Man

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Karl D. Kryter

31 Oct 2013

TL;DR: Book on noise effects on man covering audiometry, aural reflex, hearing damage risk, physiological responses, motor performance and speech communication.

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Abstract: Book on noise effects on man covering audiometry, aural reflex, hearing damage risk, physiological responses, motor performance and speech communication

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TL;DR: There were higher incidences of sleep disturbances and excessive sleepiness for women working night and rotating shifts, but age and family factors, rather than caffeine and alcohol intake, contributed to the differences in types ofSleep disturbances these women experienced.

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Abstract: To explore the incidence and types of sleep disturbances in employed women, 760 registered nurses completed a health survey that included questions about their sleep patterns and sleep quality. Comparisons are made between those nurses working permanent day, permanent evening, permanent night, and rotating shifts. As expected, there were higher incidences of sleep disturbances and excessive sleepiness for women working night and rotating shifts, but age and family factors, rather than caffeine and alcohol intake, contributed to the differences in types of sleep disturbances these women experienced.

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Aircraft noise and mental health: I. Prevalence of individual symptoms.

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Alex Tarnopolsky, Gareth Watkins, David J. Hand

01 Nov 1980-Psychological Medicine

TL;DR: Many acute symptoms showed an increase with noise, and this was particularly evident for waking at night, irritability, depression, difficulty in getting to sleep, swollen ankles, burns/cuts/minor accidents, and skin troubles.

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Abstract: A domiciliary survey (sample size circa 6000) was conducted in areas of different aircraft noise exposure affected by London (Heathrow) Airport. Respondents were urban dwellers age 16+. Since no differences were found in the prevalence of manifest psychiatric disorders, the frequency of 27 individual acute and chronic symptoms was investigated. Many acute symptoms showed an increase with noise, and this was particularly evident for waking at night, irritability, depression, difficulty in getting to sleep, swollen ankles, burns/cuts/minor accidents, and skin troubles. Two chronic symptoms, tinnitus and ear problems, showed evidence of an increase with noise, while most other chronic symptoms were more common in low noise conditions. Results are controlled for the effects of age, sex and other standard epidemiological variables. Irrespective of their association with noise, most symptoms, chronic and acute, were more frequent among those respondents who also reported high annoyance. Suggestions for the analysis of surveys of health effects by noise are put forward.

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