Noise and Insomnia: A Study of Community Noise Exposure, Sleep Disturbance, Noise Sensitivity and Subjective Reports of Health

Smith, A. M.; Nutt, David; Wilson, Susan R.; Rich, Neil; Hayward, Sheila; Heatherley, Susan

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“…[12][13][14] NS was -irrespective of noise exposure -found to be associated with physical and mental health complaints, [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] with personality traits such as introversion/extraversion, [23,24] neuroticism [9,20,25,26] or negative affectivity. [11] There are different concepts, [4,20] due to which NS is understood as a stable trait, an attitude or an internal state that, while independent from noise exposure, increases the susceptibility of an individual to noise in general and hence mediates or moderates the reactions to noise. two face-to-face interviews and two telephone surveys.…”

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“…[1][2][3] Noise sensitivity (NS) is regarded as a moderator or mediator of noise annoyance [4][5][6] and of other noise effects such as subjective sleep disturbances [7][8][9][10][11] or impaired mental performance. [12][13][14] NS was -irrespective of noise exposure -found to be associated with physical and mental health complaints, [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] with personality traits such as introversion/extraversion, [23,24] neuroticism [9,20,25,26] or negative affectivity.…”

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The associations between noise sensitivity, reported physical and mental health, perceived environmental quality, and noise annoyance

Schreckenberg

Griefahn

Meis³

2010

Noise Health

112

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One hundred and ninety residents around Frankfurt Airport (46% female; 17-80 years) were interviewed concerning noise annoyance due to transportation noise (aircraft, road traffic), perceived mental and physical health, perceived environmental quality, and noise sensitivity. The aim of the analyses was to test whether noise sensitivity reflects partly general environmental sensitivity and is associated with an elevated susceptibility for the perception of mental and physical health. In this study, the reported physical and mental health variables were not associated with noise exposure but with noise annoyance, and were interpreted to reflect nonspecific codeterminants of annoyance rather than noise effects. Noise sensitivity was found to influence total noise annoyance and aircraft noise annoyance but to a lesser degree annoyance due to road traffic noise. Noise sensitivity was associated with reported physical health, but not with reported mental health. Noise-sensitive persons reported poorer environmental quality in their residential area than less sensitive persons in particular with regard to air traffic (including the facets noise, pollution, and contaminations) and quietness. Other aspects of the perceived quality of the environment were scarcely associated with noise sensitivity. This indicates that noise sensitivity is more specific and a reliable predictor of responses to noise from the dominant source (in this case air traffic) rather than a predictor of the individual perception of the environmental quality in general.

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The associations between noise sensitivity, reported physical and mental health, perceived environmental quality, and noise annoyance

Schreckenberg

Griefahn

Meis³

2010

Noise Health

112

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“…Nineteen participants (14 women and 5 men aged 32 -12.9 years) assessed as good sleepers using the statements ''I am satisfied with my sleep'', ''I feel very tired in the morning'', ''My sleep is refreshing,'' and ''I feel very tired during the day'' from the Bristol Sleep Questionnaire (BSQ) 27 were recruited from the Bristol area. Additional criteria included habitual consumption of no more than two cups of caffeinated drink per day, the last one taken at least 4 hours before bedtime.…”

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“…The BSQ 27 is a 23-item questionnaire that assesses the aspects of quality of sleep, including sleep initiation, maintenance, troubled sleep, and dreams, consequences associated with sleep such as feeling tired the next day and daytime naps, items that can be used to identify possible sleep disorders such as movement disorders, sleep apnea, parasomnias, and possible reasons for poor sleep such as partner's snoring and young children.…”

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“…The questions from the BSQ were grouped into four factors: daytime sleep, troubled sleep (dreams), disturbed sleep, and morning tiredness, based on a factor analysis from a larger study. 27 The scores from the DASS-21 were grouped into three factors (stress, anxiety, and depression) based on previous research from a large nonclinical sample. 36 Data were averaged over the week, as reduced performance has also been found after recovery sleep.…”

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Naturalistic Effects of Five Days of Bedtime Caffeine Use on Sleep, Next-Day Cognitive Performance, and Mood

Keenan

Tiplady

Priestley

et al. 2014

Journal of Caffeine Research

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Background: Disruptive effects of caffeine on sleep have previously been reported, although measures of next-day mood and performance have rarely been included. The present study aims to evaluate the effects of caffeine on sleep and associated next-day effects in a naturalistic field setting. Methods: Nineteen participants (daily caffeine intake 0-141 mg), assessed as good sleepers, took part in a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, 2-week crossover study to assess the effects of bedtime caffeine use (250 mg) on sleep and next-day cognitive performance and mood, which were assessed on a mobile phone in the morning and afternoon. Sleep was assessed objectively (actiwatch) and subjectively (sleep diary). Results: Caffeine's effects on sleep were largely restricted to the first day of administration, with actigraphically measured reduced sleep efficiency, increased activity score and fragmentation index, decreased self-rated sleep quality, and an increased occurrence of participants waking early; only decreased sleep efficiency remained over the week. Effects on next-day performance and mood were evident over the whole week, although despite disrupting sleep, accuracy on a working memory task was higher after caffeine than placebo administration. Conclusions: Caffeine disrupted sleep, although when assessing next-day performance, which may have been affected by the presence of residual caffeine, performance appeared better after caffeine compared to placebo, although this was most likely due to prevention of the effects of overnight withdrawal from caffeine rather than representing a net benefit. Furthermore, partial tolerance developed to the effects of caffeine on sleep.

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Sensory Sensitivity in TBI: Implications for Chronic Disability

Callahan

Lim

2018

Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep

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TBI is a significant cause of disability with a range of physical, cognitive, and mental health consequences. Sensory sensitivities (e.g., noise and light) are among the most frequently reported, yet least outwardly recognizable symptoms following TBI. Clinicians and scientists alike have yet to identify consistent nomenclature for defining noise and light sensitivity, making it difficult to accurately and reliably assess their influence. Noise and light sensitivity can profoundly affect critical aspects of independent function including communication, productivity, socialization, cognition, sleep, and mental health. Research examining the prevalence of sensory sensitivity and evidence for the association of sensory sensitivity with TBI is inconclusive. Evidence-based interventions for sensory sensitivity, particularly following TBI, are lacking.

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Noise and Insomnia: A Study of Community Noise Exposure, Sleep Disturbance, Noise Sensitivity and Subjective Reports of Health

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The associations between noise sensitivity, reported physical and mental health, perceived environmental quality, and noise annoyance

The associations between noise sensitivity, reported physical and mental health, perceived environmental quality, and noise annoyance

Naturalistic Effects of Five Days of Bedtime Caffeine Use on Sleep, Next-Day Cognitive Performance, and Mood

Sensory Sensitivity in TBI: Implications for Chronic Disability

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