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Sleep Disturbance from Road Traffic, Railways, Airplanes and from Total Environmental Noise Levels in Montreal

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  • Stéphane Perron

    (Public Health Department of Montreal, Montreal, QC H2L 1M3, Canada
    Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada)

  • Céline Plante

    (Public Health Department of Montreal, Montreal, QC H2L 1M3, Canada)

  • Martina S. Ragettli

    (Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel 4002, Switzerland
    University of Basel, Basel 4003, Switzerland)

  • David J. Kaiser

    (Public Health Department of Montreal, Montreal, QC H2L 1M3, Canada
    Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A2, Canada)

  • Sophie Goudreau

    (Public Health Department of Montreal, Montreal, QC H2L 1M3, Canada)

  • Audrey Smargiassi

    (National Institute of Public Health Quebec, Montreal, QC H3C 2B9, Canada
    Public Health Research Institute, University of Montreal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
    Department of Environmental Health and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada)

Abstract

The objective of our study was to measure the impact of transportation-related noise and total environmental noise on sleep disturbance for the residents of Montreal, Canada. A telephone-based survey on noise-related sleep disturbance among 4336 persons aged 18 years and over was conducted. L Night for each study participant was estimated using a land use regression (LUR) model. Distance of the respondent’s residence to the nearest transportation noise source was also used as an indicator of noise exposure. The proportion of the population whose sleep was disturbed by outdoor environmental noise in the past 4 weeks was 12.4%. The proportion of those affected by road traffic, airplane and railway noise was 4.2%, 1.5% and 1.1%, respectively. We observed an increased prevalence in sleep disturbance for those exposed to both rail and road noise when compared for those exposed to road only. We did not observe an increased prevalence in sleep disturbance for those that were both exposed to road and planes when compared to those exposed to road or planes only. We developed regression models to assess the marginal proportion of sleep disturbance as a function of estimated L Night and distance to transportation noise sources. In our models, sleep disturbance increased with proximity to transportation noise sources (railway, airplane and road traffic) and with increasing L Night values. Our study provides a quantitative estimate of the association between total environmental noise levels estimated using an LUR model and sleep disturbance from transportation noise.

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  • Stéphane Perron & Céline Plante & Martina S. Ragettli & David J. Kaiser & Sophie Goudreau & Audrey Smargiassi, 2016. "Sleep Disturbance from Road Traffic, Railways, Airplanes and from Total Environmental Noise Levels in Montreal," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-21, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:13:y:2016:i:8:p:809-:d:75784
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    1. Theo Bodin & Jonas Björk & Jonas Ardö & Maria Albin, 2015. "Annoyance, Sleep and Concentration Problems due to Combined Traffic Noise and the Benefit of Quiet Side," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-17, January.
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