Noise and health: sleep disturbance in adults
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UNLABELLED: Factors modifying the effect of environmental noise on sleep include sex, age, susceptibility, personality and the health status, including past and present history of disease. OBJECTIVE: The effects of noise on sleep and habituation of sleep to noise were summarized. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: 1) The effect of noise on sleep is associated with physical changes, such as changes in heart rate, blood flow volume, breathing and the immune and neurocirculatory systems. During sleep, specific changes in these indicators are noted during different sleep stages. There are individual and sex differences, and it is important to understand the effects of noise on sleep considering several related factors. 2) Habituation to noise is also an important phenomenon that must be addressed while considering the effects of noise on sleep. Habituation is dependent on the type and sound level of the noise. In occupational fields, shift work and job stress should be considered to determine the association between noise and sleep, which is important to retaining a good quality of working life.
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Neighborhoods that are active at night may directly impact sleep through environmental noise and light.
“There is substantial literature showing that environmental noise228,229 and light230–233 can adversely impact sleep and that neighborhoods that are active at night may directly impact sleep through these.”
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Environmental noise can adversely impact sleep.
“There is substantial literature showing that environmental noise228,229 and light230–233 can adversely impact sleep and that neighborhoods that are active at night may directly impact sleep through these.”
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- Authors
- Kawada, T.
- Affiliations
- Nippon Medical School (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Kawada, Tomoyuki
- ORCID
- Kawada, Tomoyuki
- Venue
- Journal of Occupational Health
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2011-11
- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 413-416
- ISSN
- 1341-9145 (ISSN-L)
- 1348-9585
- OpenAlex
- W2053102540
- Cited by
- 55
- References
- 39
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- FWCI
- 0.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Occupational Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › Noise Effects and Management
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Keywords
- environmental noise, sleep disorders, sex differences, age differences, individual susceptibility, personality, heart rate, blood flow, breathing, immune system, sleep stages, shift work, occupational stress, occupational noise exposure
- MeSH terms
- Age Factors, Environmental Exposure, Habituation, Psychophysiologic, Health Status, Humans, Noise, Personality, Sex Factors, Sleep Stages, Dyssomnias
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