Do quiet areas afford greater health-related quality of life than noisy areas?

Abstract:

:People typically choose to live in quiet areas in order to safeguard their health and wellbeing. However, the benefits of living in quiet areas are relatively understudied compared to the burdens associated with living in noisy areas. Additionally, research is increasingly focusing on the relationship between the human response to noise and measures of health and wellbeing, complementing traditional dose-response approaches, and further elucidating the impact of noise and health by incorporating human factors as mediators and moderators. To further explore the benefits of living in quiet areas, we compared the results of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) questionnaire datasets collected from households in localities differentiated by their soundscapes and population density: noisy city, quiet city, quiet rural, and noisy rural. The dose-response relationships between noise annoyance and HRQOL measures indicated an inverse relationship between the two. Additionally, quiet areas were found to have higher mean HRQOL domain scores than noisy areas. This research further supports the protection of quiet locales and ongoing noise abatement in noisy areas.

authors

Shepherd D,Welch D,Dirks KN,McBride D

doi

10.3390/ijerph10041284

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-03-27 00:00:00

pages

1284-303

issue

4

eissn

1661-7827

issn

1660-4601

pii

ijerph10041284

journal_volume

10

pub_type

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