ArticleInternational journal of health geographics2020
Geographic Ecological Momentary Assessment (GEMA) of environmental noise annoyance: the influence of activity context and the daily acoustic environment.
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- The Impact of Non-Acoustic Factors on Chinese Community Response to Noise: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- The integration of geographic methods and ecological momentary assessment in public health research: A systematic review of methods and applications.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2024Pooled it
- STROBE-GEMA: a STROBE extension for reporting of geographically explicit ecological momentary assessment studies.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2024Pooled it
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundNoise annoyance is considered to be the most widespread and recognized health effect of environmental noise. Previous research is mostly based on the static study of residential environmental noise, but few studies have focused on the effects of noise exposure in different activity contexts on real-time annoyance. The two deficiency are that they neglect the influence of activity context besides residence and fail to reflect the difference of time-scale effect of noise influence.
methodsUsing portable noise and air sensors, GPS-equipped mobile phones, questionnaire survey, and geographic ecological momentary assessment (GEMA), this paper measured the environmental noise and real-time noise annoyance of participants at different activity places. Hierarchical logistic regression models were used to examine the effects of environmental noise on people's real-time annoyance. The paper further considered the influence of the geographic context of the activity places and daily acoustic environment on participants' real-time annoyance. Further, a nonlinear regression model was constructed using Random Forest to further examine the nonlinear relationship between environmental noise and real-time annoyance.
resultsThe results showed that: (1) the average cumulative equivalent sound level during was 55 dB (A) when the participants responded to the EMA surveys; (2) Only the temperature of activity places had an influence on momentary annoyance and the higher the temperature, the more likely participants were annoyed; (3) Participants with higher perception of noise pollution in residential communities were more likely to be annoyed. However, participants with higher daily exposure to noise were less likely to feel annoyed; (4) The threshold value of the effect of noise on real-time annoyance was 58 dB (A) to 78 dB (A).
conclusionsThese findings can guide the development of urban planning and environmental noise standards and also provide a reference for noise barrier requirements for different activity places.
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