Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dubendorf, Switzerland.
Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), 3003 Bern, Switzerland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 11;20(4):3203. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20043203.
Urban areas are continuously growing, and densification is a frequent strategy to limit urban expansion. This generally entails a loss of green spaces (GSs) and an increase in noise pollution, which has negative effects on health. Within the research project RESTORE (Restorative potential of green spaces in noise-polluted environments), an extended cross-sectional field study in the city of Zurich, Switzerland, is conducted. The aim is to assess the relationship between noise annoyance and stress (self-perceived and physiological) as well as their association with road traffic noise and GSs. A representative stratified sample of participants from more than 5000 inhabitants will be contacted to complete an online survey. In addition to the self-reported stress identified by the questionnaire, hair cortisol and cortisone probes from a subsample of participants will be obtained to determine physiological stress. Participants are selected according to their dwelling location using a spatial analysis to determine exposure to different road traffic noise levels and access to GSs. Further, characteristics of individuals as well as acoustical and non-acoustical attributes of GSs are accounted for. This paper presents the study protocol and reports the first results of a pilot study to test the feasibility of the protocol.
城市区域不断发展，城市密度的增加是限制城市扩张的常见策略。这通常会导致绿地（GSs）的减少和噪声污染的增加，从而对健康产生负面影响。在研究项目 RESTORE（受污染环境中绿色空间的恢复潜力）中，在瑞士苏黎世市进行了一项扩展的横断面现场研究。目的是评估噪声烦恼与压力（自我感知和生理）之间的关系，以及它们与道路交通噪声和 GSs 的关联。将联系来自 5000 多名居民的具有代表性的分层样本参与者，以完成在线调查。除了问卷调查确定的自我报告压力外，还将从参与者的子样本中获得头发皮质醇和皮质酮探针，以确定生理压力。参与者是根据其居住地点使用空间分析选择的，以确定对不同道路交通噪声水平的暴露和对 GSs 的访问。此外，还考虑了个体特征以及 GSs 的声学和非声学属性。本文介绍了研究方案，并报告了一项试点研究的初步结果，以测试方案的可行性。
