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Noise Annoyance in Urban Children: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study

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  • Natacha Grelat

    (Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Besançon, Centre de Méthodologie Clinique, 2 place Saint Jacques, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France
    Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement, UMR 6249 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 2 place Saint Jacques, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France)

  • Hélène Houot

    (Laboratoire ThéMA, UMR 6049 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UFR Lettres SHS, 32 rue Mégevand, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France)

  • Sophie Pujol

    (Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Besançon, Centre de Méthodologie Clinique, 2 place Saint Jacques, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France
    Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement, UMR 6249 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 2 place Saint Jacques, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France)

  • Jean-Pierre Levain

    (Laboratoire de Psychologie EA 3188, 3 rue Mégevand, 25032 Besançon Cedex, France)

  • Jérôme Defrance

    (Division Acoustique Environnementale et Urbaine, Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment (CSTB), 24, rue Joseph Fourier, 38400 Saint-Martin-d’Hères, France)

  • Anne-Sophie Mariet

    (CHRU Dijon, Service de Biostatistique et d’Informatique Médicale (DIM), Université de Bourgogne, F-21000 Dijon, France
    INSERM, CIC 1432, Dijon University Hospital, Clinical Investigation Center, Clinical Epidemiology/Clinical Trials Unit, F-21000 Dijon, France
    INSERM UMR 1181, Biostatistics, Biomathematics, Pharmacoepidemiology and Infectious Diseases (B2PHI), Université de Bourgogne, F-21000 Dijon, France)

  • Frédéric Mauny

    (Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Besançon, Centre de Méthodologie Clinique, 2 place Saint Jacques, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France
    Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement, UMR 6249 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 2 place Saint Jacques, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France)

Abstract

Acoustical and non-acoustical factors influencing noise annoyance in adults have been well-documented in recent years; however, similar knowledge is lacking in children. The aim of this study was to quantify the annoyance caused by chronic ambient noise at home in children and to assess the relationship between these children′s noise annoyance level and individual and contextual factors in the surrounding urban area. A cross sectional population-based study was conducted including 517 children attending primary school in a European city. Noise annoyance was measured using a self-report questionnaire adapted for children. Six noise exposure level indicators were built at different locations at increasing distances from the child′s bedroom window using a validated strategic noise map. Multilevel logistic models were constructed to investigate factors associated with noise annoyance in children. Noise indicators in front of the child′s bedroom ( p ≤ 0.01), family residential satisfaction ( p ≤ 0.03) and socioeconomic characteristics of the individuals and their neighbourhood ( p ≤ 0.05) remained associated with child annoyance. These findings illustrate the complex relationships between our environment, how we may perceive it, social factors and health. Better understanding of these relationships will undoubtedly allow us to more effectively quantify the actual effect of noise on human health.

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  • Natacha Grelat & Hélène Houot & Sophie Pujol & Jean-Pierre Levain & Jérôme Defrance & Anne-Sophie Mariet & Frédéric Mauny, 2016. "Noise Annoyance in Urban Children: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-13, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:13:y:2016:i:11:p:1056-:d:81670
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    1. Jan Urban & Vojtěch Máca, 2013. "Linking Traffic Noise, Noise Annoyance and Life Satisfaction: A Case Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 10(5), pages 1-21, May.
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    2. Alister Baird & Bridget Candy & Eirini Flouri & Nick Tyler & Angela Hassiotis, 2023. "The Association between Physical Environment and Externalising Problems in Typically Developing and Neurodiverse Children and Young People: A Narrative Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(3), pages 1-35, January.
    3. Julia Quehl & Susanne Bartels & Rolf Fimmers & Daniel Aeschbach, 2021. "Effects of Nocturnal Aircraft Noise and Non-Acoustical Factors on Short-Term Annoyance in Primary School Children," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(13), pages 1-17, June.

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