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ArticleNoise & health

Residential traffic noise exposure and headaches: Results from the population-based heinz nixdorf recall study.

Eman Alkhalawi, Ester Orban, Sara Schramm, Zaza Katsarava, Barbara Hoffmann, Susanne Moebus

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eman AlkhalawiCentre for Urban Epidemiology (CUE), Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (IMIBE), University Hospital Essen, Essen|Department of Family and Community Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh, Saudi Arabia, Germany.
Ester OrbanCentre for Urban Epidemiology (CUE), Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (IMIBE), University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
Sara SchrammInstitute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (IMIBE), University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
Zaza KatsaravaDepartment of Neurology, University of Duisburg-Essen, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, 45122 Essen|Department of Neurology, Evangelical Hospital Unna, Holbeinstr. 10, 59423 Unna|EVEX Medical Corporation, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia|IM Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russian Federation, Germany.
Barbara HoffmannInstitute for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Medical Faculty, Duesseldorf, Germany.
Susanne MoebusCentre for Urban Epidemiology (CUE), Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (IMIBE), University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CONTEXT AND

aimThe link between headaches and exposure to loud noise in occupational settings has been established. However, the effect of less intense but chronic residential traffic noise exposure on headache occurrence is less clear. SETTINGS AND

designWe included 3,025 participants from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall study in Germany for this cross-sectional analysis. METHODS AND MATERIAL: Residential road traffic noise exposure at the 2006-2008 address was modelled in A-weighted decibels (dB(A)) according to the European Noise Directive (2002/49/EC) for 24-hour (L STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Prevalence Odds Ratios (POR) of having eight or more headaches per month per 5 dB(A) increase in traffic noise exposure were calculated using logistic regression, adjusting for age, sex, sport, number of chronic conditions, years of education and smoking status.

resultsThe mean age of participants was 58.3. Mean L

conclusionIn conclusion, our data did not provide any evidence for an association between chronic traffic noise exposure and prevalence of headaches at this population's exposure levels. This should be explored in different populations given that this is the first study of its type and that noise exposure was generally low in our population.

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AdultCross-Sectional StudiesEnvironmental ExposureEnvironmental MonitoringFemaleGermanyHeadacheHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedNoise, TransportationOdds RatioPrevalenceResidence CharacteristicsEpidemiologic studiesGermanyheadachenoise-annoyancepopulation-basedroad-traffic noise

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PMID33753676
PMCPMC8140531
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