Wolf, Kathrin and Kraus, Ute and Dzolan, Mihovil and Bolte, Gabriele and Lakes, Tobia and Schikowski, Tamara and Greiser, Karin Halina and Kuss, Oliver and Ahrens, Wolfgang and Bamberg, Fabian and Becher, Heiko and Berger, Klaus and Brenner, Hermann and Castell, Stefanie and Damms-Machado, Antje and Fischer, Beate and Franzke, Claus-Werner and Gastell, Sylvia and Guenther, Kathrin and Holleczek, Bernd and Jaeschke, Lina and Kaaks, Rudolf and Keil, Thomas and Kemmling, Yvonne and Krist, Lilian and Legath, Nicole and Leitzmann, Michael and Lieb, Wolfgang and Loeffler, Markus and Meinke-Franze, Claudia and Michels, Karin B. and Mikolajczyk, Rafael and Moebus, Susanne and Mueller, Ulrich and Obi, Nadia and Pischon, Tobias and Rathmann, Wolfgang and Schipf, Sabine and Schmidt, Boerge and Schulze, Matthias and Thiele, Inke and Thierry, Sigrid and Waniek, Sabina and Wigmann, Claudia and Wirkner, Kerstin and Zschocke, Johannes and Peters, Annette and Schneider, Alexandra (2020) Nighttime transportation noise annoyance in Germany: personal and regional differences in the German National Cohort Study. BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLATT-GESUNDHEITSFORSCHUNG-GESUNDHEITSSCHUTZ, 63 (3). pp. 332-343. ISSN 1436-9990, 1437-1588
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Background Noise annoyance is associated with adverse health-related conditions and reduced wellbeing. Thereby, subjective noise annoyance depends on the objective noise exposure and is modified by personal and regional factors. Objective How many participants of the German National Cohort Study (GNC; NAKO Gesundheitsstudie) were annoyed by transportation noise during nighttime and what factors were associated with noise annoyance? Materials and methods This cross-sectional analysis included 86,080 participants from 18 study centers, examined from 2014 to 2017. We used multinomial logistic regression to investigate associations of personal and regional factors to noise annoyance (slightly/moderately or strongly/extremely annoyed vs. not annoyed) mutually adjusting for all factors in the model. Results Two thirds of participants were not annoyed by transportation noise during nighttime and one in ten reported strong/extreme annoyance with highest percentages for the study centers Berlin-Mitte and Leipzig. The strongest associations were seen for factors related to the individual housing situation like the bedroom being positioned towards a major road (OR of being slightly/moderately annoyed: 4.26 [95% CI: 4.01;4.52]; OR of being strongly/extremely annoyed: 13.36 [95% CI: 12.47;14.32]) compared to a garden/inner courtyard. Participants aged 40-60 years and those in low- and medium-income groups reported greater noise annoyance compared to younger or older ones and those in the high-income group. Conclusion In this study from Germany, transportation noise annoyance during nighttime varied by personal and regional factors.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ROAD-TRAFFIC NOISE; SOCIAL-INEQUALITY; EXPOSURE; POLLUTION; BURDEN; RISK; Noise annoyance; Noise exposure; Personal factors; Urban environment; GNC study |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Institut für Epidemiologie und Präventivmedizin > Lehrstuhl für Genetische Epidemiologie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Mar 2021 08:48 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Mar 2021 08:48 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/45125 |
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