Sleep, noise and health: Review

Zaharna, Mia; Guilleminault, Christian

doi:10.4103/1463-1741.63205

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“…For example, the effects of wind turbine noise are shown to compromise the sleep of individuals living nearby (Nissenbaum et al 2012), who subsequently experience increased daytime sleepiness, and impaired mental health. Zaharna and Guilleminault (2010) summarise the potentially negative impact that sleep disturbance can have upon physical and mental wellbeing. They point out that despite three decades of research there remains much work to be done to establish a robust evidence base for the effects of sleep disturbance through noise, and that the long term effects are not yet clear, in large part due to the fact that studies tend to be of short duration.…”

Section: Sleep Noise and Hospital Environmentsmentioning

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The role of noise in clinical environments with particular reference to mental health care: A narrative review

Brown

Rutherford

Crawford

2015

International Journal of Nursing Studies

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BackgroundThere is a large literature suggesting that noise can be detrimental to health and numerous policy documents have promoted noise abatement in clinical settings. ObjectivesThis paper documents the role of noise in clinical environments and its deleterious effects with a particular focus on mental health care. Our intention however, is to go beyond the notion that noise is simply undesirable and examine the extent to which researchers have explored the meaning of sound in hospital settings and identify new opportunities for research and practice. Data sources and review methodsThis is a narrative review which has grouped the literature and issues in the field into themes concerning the general issues of noise in health care; sleep noise and hospital environments; noise in intensive care units; implications for service users and staff; and suggestions for new ways of conceptualising and researching clinical soundscapes. Data sources comprised relevant UK policy documents and the results of a literature search of Pubmed, Scopus and Web of Knowledge using terms such as noise, health, hospital, soundscape and relevant additional terms derived from the papers retrieved. In addition the references of retrieved articles were scanned for additional relevant material and historical items significant in shaping the field. ResultsExcess unwanted noise can clearly be detrimental to health and impede recovery, and this is clearly recognised by policymakers especially in the UK context. We use the literature surveyed to argue that it is important also to see the noise in clinical environments in terms of the meaning it conveys and rather than merely containing unwanted sound, clinical environments have a 'soundscape'. This comprises noises which convey meaning, for example about the activities of other people, the rhythms of the day and the nature of the auditory community of the hospital. Unwanted sound may have unwanted effects, especially on those who are most vulnerable, yet this does not necessarily mean that silence is the better option.Page 2 Therefore it is our contention that it is important to begin thinking about the social functions of sound in the mental health environment. ConclusionsWhilst it can be stressful, sound can also be soothing, reassuring and a rich source of information about the environment as well. It may be used to secure a degree of privacy for oneself, to exclude others or as a source of solidarity among friends and colleagues. The challenge then is to understand the work that sound does in its ecological context in health care settings.

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Section: Sleep Noise and Hospital Environmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of noise in clinical environments with particular reference to mental health care: A narrative review

Brown

Rutherford

Crawford

2015

International Journal of Nursing Studies

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“…On the basis of the conducted studies, noise pollution can have various effects on health, including hypertension, risk of heart disease, impact on sleep, psychological effects, annoyance and disruption of daily activities, fatigue, decreased performance in school children, interference with daily life and other effects (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7). The impacts of noise pollution on peoples' sleep and health have been confirmed by various laboratory, field, epidemiology and review studies (8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14). The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that there is various evidence that exposure to noise at night is a cause of self-reported sleep disturbance, which is a major cause of health problems (15).…”

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Measurement and Monetary Valuation of Traffic Noise Pollution by the Top-Down Method in Tabriz City

Roshan

Ahmadi

2015

Health Scope

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Background: Noise pollution is one of the most important problems of both developed and developing countries, especially in the recent decades, and is being exacerbated with industrialization and population growth. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to measure traffic noise pollution in Tabriz city and to evaluate its associated costs by applying the top-down method. Awareness about health costs associated with traffic noise could have great impacts on decision-making for traffic noise control measures. Materials and Methods:In order to obtain the noise level (L den ) at various hours of each day, noise level was first measured at 35 stations in 10 Regions of the city, during the morning, afternoon and night. Second, to obtain the number of people with a certain level of exposer to noise (L den ), the annoyance levels due to traffic noise were assessed by collecting a questionnaire from 300 residents. Results: Based on the study results, divisions eight, nine and two of the city (refer to the municipal division of the cities in Iran) had the highest L den value, with 74.5, 73.5 and 71 dB, respectively. Also, the questionnaire results indicated that 60% of the residents declared medium and high level of annoyance, due to traffic noise. Finally, the calculated cost was equal to 119 926 467 Euros (€). However most costs, namely € 24 727 290, were allocated to region three with the highest population, in spite of a relatively low L den (68.4 dB). Conclusions: Since traffic noise pollution is a high cost for Tabriz residents, extensive preventive measures and comprehensive control programs by managers and city authorities as unavoidable necessities are suggested. The measures have to be taken by urban managers and decision-makers to reduce the health impact of traffic noise on Tabriz residents.

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“…The faithful people benefit from a forth spirit called the spirit of faith (Rouh-ol-Iman), while the prophets and virtuous people have a higher fifth dignity of the spirit called the innocence spirit (Rouh-ol-ghodos). We could attribute these five dignities of the spirit to the multiple degrees of the spirit including vegetal, animal, and human aspects [6]. Actually, the human has only a single spirit, and the mentioned dignities are considered in a longitudinal relation with this individual spirit which are sometimes mentioned as the "spirit forces" (Ghova-yeNafs) [8].…”

Section: The Spirit Dignities In Islamic Doctrinementioning

confidence: 99%

“…So there are a growing body of literature to highlight the significance of spiritual beliefs among patients in preparing the best life quality and efficient medical care [1][2][3][4]. According to some studies, there is an embrace of religion and spirituality in medical care, so without considering them, we cannot offer an efficient comprehensive medical care to the patients [5,6]. Meanwhile, for a long time any discussions on spirituality and religion had been considered unsuitable in the medical education and practice [7].…”

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Eternal Spirituality: An Outstanding Aspect of Iranian Islamic Traditional Medicine

Asgary¹

2017

IJCAM

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Today, spirituality is considered as an impartible, determinant section of medicine without which the health is not achieved. Although it is paid attention in research-based literature of modern current medicine, actually there is no considerable favor toward it among clinical practitioners. In contrast to modern medicine according which spirituality is confined to "what gives meaning to life and provides pleasure", Iranian-Islamic traditional medicine (IITM) introduces an eternal comprehensive pattern of spirituality involving both therapist and patient and their interaction with each other and with Lord too. According to Islamic doctrine, spirituality is attributed to relation between the human and Lord, and human spirit has several dignities among which "soul of faith" is the highest one among usual faithful people. A therapeutic intervention has majority efficacy when therapist is in a high dignity of spiritual state. Physician can also promote the moral state of patient by an efficient spiritual interacting. Moreover, it is considered a substantial therapeutic efficacy for a compassionate relation between therapist and patient based on religious, spiritual beliefs. Spiritual state of a patient has also a significant effect on his/her treatment, recovery, and well-being in favor of which have been done a main body of medical research. Apparently, we can reach to more favorite medical outcomes by observing the IITM recommendations toward spirituality.

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Sleep, noise and health: Review

Cited by 88 publications

References 32 publications

The role of noise in clinical environments with particular reference to mental health care: A narrative review

The role of noise in clinical environments with particular reference to mental health care: A narrative review

Measurement and Monetary Valuation of Traffic Noise Pollution by the Top-Down Method in Tabriz City

Eternal Spirituality: An Outstanding Aspect of Iranian Islamic Traditional Medicine

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