Transportation noise exposure and anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Lan, Yuliang; Roberts, Hannah; Kwan, Mei‐Po; Helbich, Marco

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2020.110118

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“…It can have both psychological and physiological effects, with negative impacts including annoyance, hearing loss, cardiovascular stimulation and increased gastric secretion (Basner et al, 2014). With the increasing exposure time and levels of noise, these determinants of health are further influenced (Brown, 2015;Lan et al, 2020). An estimated 60,000 disability-adjusted life years are lost in western Europe through ischaemic heart disease due to exposure to environmental noise (WHO, 2011).…”

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Noise exposure of the residential areas close to urban expressways in a high-rise mountainous city

Xie

2021

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

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Urban expressways can generate excessive noise in the surrounding urban areas, and it tends to be more complex in mountainous cities, due to the undulating terrain, dense population and compact urban structures. This article aims to investigate the objective acoustic environment and road traffic noise exposure, including the noisy evaluation, annoyance and effect of roadside apartments in residential areas close to urban expressways in the high-density, high-rise, mountainous city of Chongqing. Three housing estates were selected for a series of field measurements, questionnaire surveys and noise mapping. There was a significant negative correlation between night-time noise levels and the distances to the urban expressway ( p < 0.01). Moreover, the differences between the daytime and night-time noise levels were generally insignificant (0.7 to 3.6 dBA) at the roadside locations. Differences in reaction to noise exposure in a variety of both person-related and housing condition variables were found, especially between roadside and non-roadside locations or residents. In addition, 75.0% of roadside residents identified the traffic noise as ‘very’ or ‘extremely’ annoying, and 66.7% of them regarded the acoustic environment as the priority environmental factor that needs to be improved. Difference in the ‘bedroom-window orientation’ had a significant effect on subjective noise evaluation. Rectangular-shaped apartments along the roadside obtain better noise reduction capacities than tower-blocks through the simulation. The acoustic performance of road cuttings, as an appropriately designed earth embankment, is improved along with deeper vertical alignment, and slope angles of 30° and 75° should be avoided.

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Noise exposure of the residential areas close to urban expressways in a high-rise mountainous city

Xie

2021

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

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“…5 Road traffic noise and psychological ill-health at phase 3 and phase 4 (adjusted = age, marital status, social class and employment, smoking status, alcohol consumption, noise at work and physical activity at leisure) insurance claims for depressive illness have been found in previous studies [8,46]. Earlier analyses in this cohort did find a longitudinal association between road traffic noise and symptoms of anxiety [31] and a recent metaanalysis has found an association between transportation noise and anxiety [47]. Noise sensitivity may moderate the effects of road traffic noise on psychological illhealth [21,48], although there was some inconsistency between phases 3 and 4 and the confidence intervals were wide so that our analyses may have been underpowered.…”

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Road traffic noise, noise sensitivity, noise annoyance, psychological and physical health and mortality

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Background Both physical and psychological health outcomes have been associated with exposure to environmental noise. Noise sensitivity could have the same moderating effect on physical and psychological health outcomes related to environmental noise exposure as on annoyance but this has been little tested. Methods A cohort of 2398 men between 45 and 59 years, the longitudinal Caerphilly Collaborative Heart Disease study, was established in 1984/88 and followed into the mid-1990s. Road traffic noise maps were assessed at baseline. Psychological ill-health was measured in phase 2 in 1984/88, phase 3 (1989/93) and phase 4 (1993/7). Ischaemic heart disease was measured in clinic at baseline and through hospital records and records of deaths during follow up. We examined the longitudinal associations between road traffic noise and ischaemic heart disease morbidity and mortality using Cox Proportional Hazard Models and psychological ill-health using Logistic Regression; we also examined whether noise sensitivity and noise annoyance might moderate these associations. We also tested if noise sensitivity and noise annoyance were longitudinal predictors of ischaemic heart disease morbidity and mortality and psychological ill-health. Results Road traffic noise was not associated with ischaemic heart disease morbidity or mortality. Neither noise sensitivity nor noise annoyance moderated the effects of road traffic noise on ischaemic heart disease morbidity or mortality. High noise sensitivity was associated with lower ischaemic heart disease mortality risk (HR = 0.74, 95%CI 0.57, 0.97). Road traffic noise was associated with Phase 4 psychological ill-health but only among those exposed to 56-60dBA (fully adjusted OR = 1.82 95%CI 1.07, 3.07). Noise sensitivity moderated the association of road traffic noise exposure with psychological ill-health. High noise sensitivity was associated longitudinally with psychological ill-health at phase 3 (OR = 1.85 95%CI 1.23, 2.78) and phase 4 (OR = 1.65 95%CI 1.09, 2.50). Noise annoyance predicted psychological ill-health at phase 4 (OR = 2.47 95%CI 1.00, 6.13). Conclusions Noise sensitivity is a specific predictor of psychological ill-health and may be part of a wider construct of environmental susceptibility. Noise sensitivity may increase the risk of psychological ill-health when exposed to road traffic noise. Noise annoyance may be a mediator of the effects of road traffic noise on psychological ill-health.

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“…We identified papers through searches of four databases, manual searches of relevant conference proceedings, referrals from colleagues, and review of papers identified in systematic reviews examining the mental health effects of noise exposure [ 2 , 11 , 12 , 23 , 24 , 25 ]. see Appendix A Table A1 shows the full list of conferences and search terms used to scan proceedings.…”

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Association between Noise Annoyance and Mental Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Blackmore

et al. 2022

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To date, most studies of noise and mental health have focused on noise exposure rather than noise annoyance. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate whether the available evidence supports an adverse association between noise annoyance and mental health problems in people. We carried out a literature search of Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, PsycINFO, and conference proceedings published between 2000 and 2022. Thirteen papers met the inclusion criteria. We conducted meta-analyses of noise annoyance in relation to depression, anxiety, and general mental health. In the meta-analyses, we found that depression was approximately 1.23 times greater in those who were highly noise-annoyed (N = 8 studies). We found an approximately 55% higher risk of anxiety (N = 6) in highly noise-annoyed people. For general mental health (N = 5), highly annoyed participants had an almost 119% increased risk of mental health problems as assessed by Short Form (SF) or General Household Questionnaires (GHQ), but with high heterogeneity and risk of publication bias. In conclusion, findings are suggestive of a potential link between noise annoyance and poorer mental health based on a small number of studies. More evidence is needed to confirm these findings.

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Transportation noise exposure and anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Cited by 79 publications

References 44 publications

Noise exposure of the residential areas close to urban expressways in a high-rise mountainous city

Noise exposure of the residential areas close to urban expressways in a high-rise mountainous city

Road traffic noise, noise sensitivity, noise annoyance, psychological and physical health and mortality

Association between Noise Annoyance and Mental Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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