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Aircraft Noise and Quality of Life around Frankfurt Airport

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  • Dirk Schreckenberg

    (ZEUS GmbH, Sennbrink 46, 58093 Hagen, Germany)

  • Markus Meis

    (Hörzentrum Oldenburg GmbH, Marie-Curie-Str. 2, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany)

  • Cara Kahl

    (Department of Psychology, University Hamburg, Von-Melle-Park 5, 20146 Hamburg, Germany)

  • Christin Peschel

    (ZEUS GmbH, Sennbrink 46, 58093 Hagen, Germany)

  • Thomas Eikmann

    (Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Friedrichstr. 16, D-35392 Giessen, Germany)

Abstract

In a survey of 2,312 residents living near Frankfurt Airport aircraft noise annoyance and disturbances as well as environmental (EQoL) and health-related quality of life (HQoL) were assessed and compared with data on exposure due to aircraft, road traffic, and railway noise. Results indicate higher noise annoyance than predicted from general exposure-response curves. Beside aircraft sound levels source-related attitudes were associated with reactions to aircraft noise. Furthermore, aircraft noise affected EQoL in general, although to a much smaller extent. HQoL was associated with aircraft noise annoyance, noise sensitivity and partly with aircraft noise exposure, in particular in the subgroup of multimorbid residents. The results suggest a recursive relationship between noise and health, yet this cannot be tested in cross-sectional studies. Longitudinal studies would be recommendable to get more insight in the causal paths underlying the noise-health relationship.

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  • Dirk Schreckenberg & Markus Meis & Cara Kahl & Christin Peschel & Thomas Eikmann, 2010. "Aircraft Noise and Quality of Life around Frankfurt Airport," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 7(9), pages 1-24, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:7:y:2010:i:9:p:3382-3405:d:9444
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    1. Jing Ma & Chunjiang Li & Mei-Po Kwan & Yanwei Chai, 2018. "A Multilevel Analysis of Perceived Noise Pollution, Geographic Contexts and Mental Health in Beijing," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-18, July.
    2. Charlotte Clark & Katarina Paunovic, 2018. "WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region: A Systematic Review on Environmental Noise and Quality of Life, Wellbeing and Mental Health," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(11), pages 1-27, October.
    3. Harris Héritier & Danielle Vienneau & Patrizia Frei & Ikenna C. Eze & Mark Brink & Nicole Probst-Hensch & Martin Röösli, 2014. "The Association between Road Traffic Noise Exposure, Annoyance and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL)," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 11(12), pages 1-16, December.
    4. Antonio J. Torija & Charlotte Clark, 2021. "A Psychoacoustic Approach to Building Knowledge about Human Response to Noise of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(2), pages 1-16, January.
    5. Sarah L. Benz & Julia Kuhlmann & Dirk Schreckenberg & Jördis Wothge, 2021. "Contributors to Neighbour Noise Annoyance," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(15), pages 1-14, July.
    6. Jan Urban & Vojtěch Máca, 2013. "Linking Traffic Noise, Noise Annoyance and Life Satisfaction: A Case Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 10(5), pages 1-21, May.
    7. Nicola Mucci & Veronica Traversini & Chiara Lorini & Simone De Sio & Raymond P. Galea & Guglielmo Bonaccorsi & Giulio Arcangeli, 2020. "Urban Noise and Psychological Distress: A Systematic Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(18), pages 1-22, September.
    8. Xiangpu Gong & Benjamin Fenech & Claire Blackmore & Yingxin Chen & Georgia Rodgers & John Gulliver & Anna L. Hansell, 2022. "Association between Noise Annoyance and Mental Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(5), pages 1-25, February.

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