Individual-level noise exposure and its association with sleep quality and duration: A cross-sectional study using real-time data.

Autor: Li W; Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China; Shenzhen Research Institute of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China., Cai J; Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China., Liao G; Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China., Kwan MP; Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China; Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China. Electronic address: mpk654@gmail.com., Tse LA; Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China; Shenzhen Research Institute of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China. Electronic address: shelly@cuhk.edu.hk.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Science of the total environment [Sci Total Environ] 2024 Dec 10; Vol. 955, pp. 177047. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 22.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177047
Abstrakt: As urban populations grow, the problem of noise pollution becomes more significant. The limited number of epidemiological studies linking individual-level dynamic noise exposure to sleep highlights a gap in our understanding of how individual-level noise exposure impact sleep quality and duration. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Hong Kong, and portable noise sensors were used to record participants' real-time noise exposure. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was used to assess their sleep quality. Logistic regression was used to examine the relationship of individual-level noise exposure with sleep quality and sleep duration. Among a total of 763 subjects included in the analysis, and a-weighted decibels [dB(A)] 24-h average exposure (L 24 ) was 63.21 (58.85-67.85) dB(A) for workday and 63.52 (59.03-67.86) dB(A) for non-workday. A significant decrease in individual noise level was observed closer to bedtime (P < 0.05). Compared with the lowest noise exposure, exposure to the highest noise level was positively associated with the presence of poor sleep quality for L 24 , L d and L n , with an odds ratio (OR) and 95 % confidential interval (CI) of 1.53 (1.04-2.24), 1.65 (1.12-2.43), and 1.51 (1.03-2.21), respectively. Exposure to elevated noise level was associated with increased risk of shorter nocturnal sleep duration (< 7 h), the OR and 95 % CI was 1.87 (1.29-2.73) for L 24 , 1.58 (1.09-2.30) for L d , 1.50 (1.03-2.18) for L e , and 1.60 (1.10-2.32) for L n in the highest noise exposure group. Similar findings were observed both on workdays and non-workdays, respectively. Furthermore, the results showed that each 10 dB(A) increment in L 24 and L n was associated with a probable 29 % and 27 % increase in poor sleep quality and a 24 % and 24 % reduction in sleep duration. This study demonstrates that environmental noise exposure was associated with poor sleep quality and shorter sleep duration, posing a significant public health issue in Hong Kong.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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