Effects of Wind Turbine Noise on Self-Reported and Objective Measures of Sleep.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

To investigate the association between self-reported and objective measures of sleep and wind turbine noise (WTN) exposure.

Methods

The Community Noise and Health Study, a cross-sectional epidemiological study, included an in-house computer-assisted interview and sleep pattern monitoring over a 7 d period. Outdoor WTN levels were calculated following international standards for conditions that typically approximate the highest long-term average levels at each dwelling. Study data were collected between May and September 2013 from adults, aged 18-79 y (606 males, 632 females) randomly selected from each household and living between 0.25 and 11.22 kilometers from operational wind turbines in two Canadian provinces. Self-reported sleep quality over the past 30

SUBMITTER: Michaud DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4678357 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature