[Noise annoyance in the German general population : Prevalence and determinants in the Gutenberg Health Study].

ABSTRACT:

Background

Noise annoyance, especially from traffic noise, is a massive problem in the population and is associated with impaired health.

Objective

Based on data from the population representative Gutenberg Health Study (GHS), the prevalence of noise annoyance from different sources and relevant determinants were identified.

Material and methods

The GHS is a population-based, prospective cohort study in Germany that included subjects aged 35-74 years. In the study 15,010 participants from the city of Mainz and the district of Mainz-Bingen were asked from 2007 to 2012 to what extent they had recently felt annoyed by aircraft, road, rail, industrial and neighborhood noise (answers ranged from not at all to extremely). A distinction was made between noise annoyance durin

SUBMITTER: Hahad O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9205798 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature