SynthesisEnvironmental health perspectives2022
Environmental Noise and Effects on Sleep: An Update to the WHO Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- The relationship between noise pollution and cardiovascular diseases: an umbrella review on meta-analyses.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Long-term exposure to transportation noise and diabetes mellitus mortality: a national cohort study and updated meta-analysis.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2024Pooled it
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- Comparing the sleep benefits of Nature-Based Interventions: Evidence from a Bayesian Network meta-analysis.iScience · 2026Article
- Environmental noise exposure in schools in São Paulo, Brazil: potential noise sources and health impacts among teachers.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Association between noise pollution exposure and incident breast cancer in the Sister Study.Environmental research · 2026Article
- Effects of noise on health-related quality of life: The roles of outdoor noise, indoor noise, and noise sensitivity.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Article
- Pink noise reduces impact of traffic noise on sleep and the blood metabolome: a cross-over pilot study.Communications medicine · 2026Article
- Resident-side health information for identifying community noise risks in digital public health governance.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Association between occupational noise exposure and metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease: the mediating role of body mass index in automotive manufacturing workers.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- A health resort-based intervention reduces insomnia with minimal changes in quality of life in COVID-19 survivors and non-COVID-19 controls.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Validation of the Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire Against Actigraphy in Hospitalized Patients and Its Association with Delirium Risk.Nature and science of sleep · 2026Article
- Association between noise pollution perception and prevalence of cardiovascular disease in a Chinese adult population: a cross-sectional study based on the CGSS 2021 cardiovascular disease dataset.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Association of Military Aircraft Noise Exposure with Mental Well-Being and Sleep Disturbance near a Military Air Base in Okinawa, Japan: An Ecological Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Development and validation of a risk prediction model for poor sleep quality among senior high school students in China.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundNighttime noise carries a significant disease burden. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently published guidelines for the regulation of environmental noise based on a review of evidence published up to the year 2015 on the effects of environmental noise on sleep.
objectivesThis systematic review and meta-analysis will update the WHO evidence review on the effects of environmental noise on sleep disturbance to include more recent studies.
methodsInvestigations of self-reported sleep among residents exposed to environmental traffic noise at home were identified using Scopus, PubMed, Embase, and PsycINFO. Awakenings, falling asleep, and sleep disturbance were the three outcomes included. Extracted data were used to derive exposure-response relationships for the probability of being highly sleep disturbed by nighttime noise [average outdoor A-weighted noise level (
resultsEleven studies ( DISCUSSION: Available evidence suggests that transportation noise is negatively associated with self-reported sleep. Sleep disturbance in this updated meta-analysis was comparable to the original WHO review at low nighttime noise levels. These low levels correspond to the recent WHO noise limit recommendations for nighttime noise, and so these findings do not suggest these WHO recommendations need revisiting. Deviations from the WHO review in this updated analysis suggest that populations exposed to high levels of aircraft noise may be at greater risk of sleep disturbance than determined previously. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP10197.
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