Faculty of Psychology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 20008 San Sebastian, Spain.
Environmental Epidemiology and Child Development Group, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Paseo Doctor Begiristain s/n, 20014 San Sebastian, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Dec 6;19(23):16321. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192316321.
Environmental noise is considered the second most serious environmental risk factor in Europe. However, little evidence exists regarding its impact on health and sleep in children, and the results are inconclusive. In this study, we aim to analyse the effect of environmental noise exposure on 11-year-old children's sleep habits. Data were collected from 377 participants in the INMA-Gipuzkoa (INfancia y Medio Ambiente) cohort project using both parent-reported and actigraphic sleep measures. The results revealed that 60% of children have a day-evening-night environmental noise exposure (L) of above 55 dB, which is defined as a "high noise level". No differences in noise exposure were observed between different socioeconomic groups. However, no effect of environmental noise was found on sleep variables. The paper highlights the importance of studying how environmental noise may affect children's sleep.
环境噪声被认为是欧洲第二大严重的环境风险因素。然而，关于其对儿童健康和睡眠的影响的证据很少，且结果尚无定论。在这项研究中，我们旨在分析环境噪声暴露对 11 岁儿童睡眠习惯的影响。本研究的数据来自 INMA-Gipuzkoa（儿童与环境）队列项目的 377 名参与者，同时使用了家长报告和活动记录仪的睡眠测量方法。结果显示，60%的儿童的日-夜-夜间环境噪声暴露（L）超过 55 分贝，这被定义为“高噪声水平”。不同社会经济群体之间的噪声暴露没有差异。然而，环境噪声对睡眠变量没有影响。本文强调了研究环境噪声如何影响儿童睡眠的重要性。
