ArticlePloS one2015
Residential exposure to traffic noise and health-related quality of life--a population-based study.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Road Traffic Noise Exposure and Depression/Anxiety: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region: A Systematic Review on Environmental Noise and Quality of Life, Wellbeing and Mental Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Pooled it
- Mental health effects of exposure to environmental noise at home: A systematic review of potential mediating pathways.Noise & healthPooled it
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- University Students' Self-Rated Health in Relation to Perceived Acoustic Environment during the COVID-19 Home Quarantine.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Associations between perceived environmental pollution and health-related quality of life in a Chinese adult population.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2020Article
- Demographic, Life Style and Job-Related Determinants of Quality of Life of Industrial Manufacturing Employees: An Application of Multilevel Latent Class Regression on a Large Cross-Sectional Study.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2019Article
- A Multilevel Analysis of Perceived Noise Pollution, Geographic Contexts and Mental Health in Beijing.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Transportation noise exposure and cardiovascular mortality: a nationwide cohort study from Switzerland.European journal of epidemiology · 2017Article
- Cities and Mental Health.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2017Review
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- Noise Annoyance Is Associated with Depression and Anxiety in the General Population- The Contribution of Aircraft Noise.PloS one · 2016Observational
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Abstract
backgroundFew studies have investigated the association between objectively measured traffic noise and health-related quality of life. However, as traffic noise has been associated with both cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and health-issues including sleeping problems, annoyance, and stress, it seems plausible that traffic noise is associated with health-related quality of life.
methodsBetween 1999 and 2002, a cohort of 38,964 Danes filled in the short form-36 (SF-36) questionnaire. Residential exposure to road traffic and railway noise was calculated for all historical addresses for 10 years preceding the SF-36, using the Nordic prediction method. Associations between noise exposure and SF-36 summary scales and the eight sub-scales were calculated using general linear models, adjusted for age, sex, socioeconomic status, and lifestyle.
resultsModels adjusted for age, sex and socioeconomic factors showed that a 10 dB higher road traffic noise 1 year preceding SF-36 assessment was associated with a 0.14 lower mental component summary (MCS) score (95% confidence interval (CI) -0.26, -0.01). However, further adjustment for lifestyle factors (smoking, alcohol, and waist circumference) attenuated the association: (-0.08 (95% CI: -0.20, 0.04)). Exposure to more than 55 dB of railway noise in the same time period was borderline significantly associated with lower MCS. The physical component summary was not associated with traffic noise.
conclusionThe present study suggests a weak association between traffic noise exposure and the mental health component score of SF-36, which may operate through lifestyle. The magnitude of effect was, however, not clinically relevant.
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