National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Danish Building Research Institute, Aalborg University Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Eur J Public Health. 2018 Dec 1;28(6):1050-1055. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cky091.
Noise exposure is a well-known risk factor for multiple adverse health effects. Annoyance is the most prevalent response to environmental noise and may result in negative emotional responses, including poor mental health and high levels of perceived stress. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between neighbour and traffic noise annoyance, and mental health and perceived stress.
Data were derived from the Danish Health and Morbidity surveys in 2010 and 2013. The study was based on a random sample of the adult population in Denmark living in multistorey housing (n = 7090). Information on neighbour and traffic noise annoyance during the past 2 weeks, and mental health and perceived stress, using Short Form-12 and Perceived Stress Scale instruments, respectively, was obtained by means of self-administered questionnaires. Multiple logistic regression models were used to examine the associations between noise annoyance and poor mental health, and high perceived stress levels, respectively.
Those who reported being very annoyed by neighbour noise had 2.34 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.83-2.99] times higher odds of having poor mental health and 2.78 (95% CI: 2.25-3.43) times higher odds to experience a high level of perceived stress than individuals not annoyed by noise from neighbours. Similar associations were observed with traffic noise annoyance.
The results from this study indicate that there is a strong relationship between noise annoyance and poor mental health and high levels of perceived stress among individuals living in multistorey housing in Denmark. Future studies are needed to determine the direction of causality.
噪声暴露是多种不良健康影响的已知危险因素。烦恼是对环境噪声最常见的反应，可能导致负面的情绪反应，包括心理健康不佳和感知压力水平高。本研究的目的是调查邻里和交通噪声烦恼与心理健康和感知压力之间的关系。
数据来自 2010 年和 2013 年的丹麦健康和发病率调查。该研究基于丹麦多层住宅中成年人的随机样本（n=7090）。通过自我管理问卷获得过去 2 周邻里和交通噪声烦恼、心理健康和感知压力的信息，分别使用简短形式-12 和感知压力量表工具。采用多变量逻辑回归模型分别检验噪声烦恼与心理健康不良和感知压力水平高之间的关联。
报告非常烦恼邻居噪声的人，其心理健康不良的几率为 2.34（95%置信区间[CI]：1.83-2.99），而感到高压力水平的几率为 2.78（95%CI：2.25-3.43），是不烦恼邻居噪声的个体的两倍多。与交通噪声烦恼也观察到类似的关联。
本研究结果表明，在丹麦多层住宅中居住的个体中，噪声烦恼与心理健康不良和感知压力水平高之间存在很强的关系。需要进一步研究以确定因果关系的方向。
