Effects of industrial wind turbine noise on sleep and health
| Autor: | Christopher D Hanning, Jeffery J. Aramini, Michael A. Nissenbaum |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Gerontology
Adult Sleep Wake Disorders medicine.medical_specialty Multivariate analysis Cross-sectional study Rural Health Wind Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index lcsh:RC963-969 Speech and Hearing Electric Power Supplies Surveys and Questionnaires Medicine Humans sleep Environmental noise industrial wind turbines Ontario Sleep disorder business.industry Rural health Public health Mental Disorders Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Environmental Exposure lcsh:Otorhinolaryngology medicine.disease lcsh:RF1-547 Cross-Sectional Studies Otorhinolaryngology Health lcsh:Industrial medicine. Industrial hygiene Sleep (system call) business Noise |
| Zdroj: | Noise and Health, Vol 14, Iss 60, Pp 237-243 (2012) |
| ISSN: | 1463-1741 |
| Popis: | Industrial wind turbines (IWTs) are a new source of noise in previously quiet rural environments. Environmental noise is a public health concern, of which sleep disruption is a major factor. To compare sleep and general health outcomes between participants living close to IWTs and those living further away from them, participants living between 375 and 1400 m (n = 38) and 3.3 and 6.6 km (n = 41) from IWTs were enrolled in a stratified cross-sectional study involving two rural sites. Validated questionnaires were used to collect information on sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index - PSQI), daytime sleepiness (Epworth Sleepiness Score - ESS), and general health (SF36v2), together with psychiatric disorders, attitude, and demographics. Descriptive and multivariate analyses were performed to investigate the effect of the main exposure variable of interest (distance to the nearest IWT) on various health outcome measures. Participants living within 1.4 km of an IWT had worse sleep, were sleepier during the day, and had worse SF36 Mental Component Scores compared to those living further than 1.4 km away. Significant dose-response relationships between PSQI, ESS, SF36 Mental Component Score, and log-distance to the nearest IWT were identified after controlling for gender, age, and household clustering. The adverse event reports of sleep disturbance and ill health by those living close to IWTs are supported. |
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