Weyde, KV; Krog, NH; Oftedal, B; Evandt, J; Magnus, P; Øverland, S; Clark, C; Stansfeld, S; Aasvang, GM
(2017)
Nocturnal Road Traffic Noise Exposure and Children's Sleep Duration and Sleep Problems.
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 14 (5).
p. 491.
ISSN 1660-4601
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14050491
SGUL Authors: Clark, Charlotte Elizabeth Sarah
Abstract
Almost half of the European Union (EU)'s population is exposed to road traffic noise above levels that constitute a health risk. Associations between road traffic noise and impaired sleep in adults have consistently been reported. Less is known about effects of noise on children's sleep. The aim of this study was to examine the association between nocturnal road traffic noise exposure and children's parental-reported sleep duration and sleep problems. The present cross-sectional study used data from The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. Parental report of children's sleep duration and sleep problems at age 7 was linked to modelled levels of residential night-time road traffic noise. The study population included 2665 children from Oslo, Norway. No association was found between road traffic noise and sleep duration in the total study population (odds ratio (OR): 1.05, 95% confidence interval (CI): [0.94, 1.17]), but a statistically significant association was observed in girls (OR: 1.21, 95% CI: [1.04, 1.41]). For sleep problems, the associations were similar (OR: 1.36, 95% CI: [0.85, 2.16]) in girls. The ORs are presented for an increase of 10 dB. The findings suggest there is an association between road traffic noise and sleep for girls, underlining the importance of protecting children against excessive noise levels.
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© 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: |
children, road traffic noise, sleep duration, sleep problems, socioeconomic status, Child, Cohort Studies, Cross-Sectional Studies, Environmental Exposure, Female, Humans, Noise, Transportation, Norway, Sex Factors, Sleep, Sleep Wake Disorders, Socioeconomic Factors, Humans, Cohort Studies, Cross-Sectional Studies, Sleep, Environmental Exposure, Noise, Transportation, Sex Factors, Socioeconomic Factors, Child, Norway, Female, Sleep Wake Disorders, Toxicology, MD Multidisciplinary |
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: |
Academic Structure > Population Health Research Institute (INPH) |
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Int J Environ Res Public Health |
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1660-4601 |
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eng |
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6 May 2017 | Published | 4 May 2017 | Accepted |
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Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 |
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PubMed ID: |
28481249 |
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https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/113933 |
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https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14050491 |
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