Traffic-Related High Sleep Disturbance in the LIFE-Adult Cohort Study: A Comparison to the WHO Exposure-Response-Curves

Author:

Schubert Melanie1ORCID,Romero Starke Karla1ORCID,Gerlach Julia2ORCID,Reusche Matthias3,Kaboth Pauline1,Schmidt Wolfram24,Friedemann Dieter5,Hegewald Janice1ORCID,Zeeb Hajo67ORCID,Zülke Andrea8ORCID,Riedel-Heller Steffi G.8,Seidler Andreas1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Institute and Policlinic of Occupational and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany

2. Institute of Transport Planning and Road Traffic, Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany

3. Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, 04107 Leipzig, Germany

4. Lohmeyer GmbH, 01067 Dresden, Germany

5. CDF, Schallschutz GmbH, 01108 Dresden, Germany

6. Department of Prevention and Evaluation, Leibniz-Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology—BIPS, 28359 Bremen, Germany

7. Health Sciences Bremen, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany

8. Institute of Social Medicine, Occupational Health and Public Health, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany

Abstract

Sleep is negatively affected by environmental noise. In the present study, we investigated self-reported high sleep disturbances (being “highly sleep disturbed”—HSD) from road traffic (primary and secondary road networks), rail (train and tram) and air traffic noise in the LIFE-Adult cohort study in Leipzig, Germany. For this, we used exposure data from 2012 and outcome data of Wave 2 (collected during 2018–2021). HSD was determined and defined according to internationally standardized norms. The highest risk for transportation noise-related HSD was found for aircraft noise: the odds ratio (OR) was 19.66, 95% CI 11.47–33.71 per 10 dB increase in Lnight. For road and rail traffic, similar risk estimates were observed (road: OR = 2.86, 95% CI 1.92–4.28; rail: OR = 2.67, 95% CI 2.03–3.50 per 10 dB Lnight increase). Further, we compared our exposure-risk curves with the curves of the WHO environmental noise guidelines for the European region. The proportion of individuals with HSD for a given noise level was lower for rail traffic but higher for aircraft noise in the LIFE study than in the WHO curves. For road traffic, curves are not directly comparable because we also included the secondary road network. The results of our study add to the body of evidence for increased health risks by traffic noise. Moreover, the results indicate that aircraft noise is particularly harmful to health. We recommend reconsidering threshold values for nightly aircraft exposure.

Funder

German Environment Agency

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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