School of Public Health, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2013 Mar 27;10(4):1284-303. doi: 10.3390/ijerph10041284.
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.
人们通常选择居住在安静的区域，以维护自身的健康和福祉。然而，与居住在嘈杂区域相关的负担相比，居住在安静区域的好处相对较少得到研究。此外，研究越来越关注人类对噪声的反应与健康和福利衡量指标之间的关系，补充了传统的剂量反应方法，并通过将人为因素作为中介和调节因素纳入其中，进一步阐明了噪声和健康的影响。为了进一步探讨居住在安静区域的好处，我们比较了通过对来自不同声景和人口密度地区的家庭收集的与健康相关的生活质量（HRQOL）调查问卷数据集的结果：嘈杂城市、安静城市、安静农村和嘈杂农村。噪声烦恼与 HRQOL 衡量指标之间的剂量反应关系表明两者呈反比关系。此外，安静区域的平均 HRQOL 领域得分高于嘈杂区域。这项研究进一步支持保护安静场所和在嘈杂区域持续进行噪声治理。
