title: Exposure-Response Relationship Between Aircraft Noise and Sleep Quality: A Community-based Cross-sectional Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Exposure to aircraft noise has been shown to have adverse health effects, causing annoyance and affecting the health-related quality of life, sleep, and mental states of those exposed to it. This study aimed to determine sleep quality in participants residing near an airfield and to evaluate the relationship between the levels of aircraft noise and sleep quality.
  
  
  METHODS
  NEIGHBORING REGIONS OF A MILITARY AIRFIELD WERE DIVIDED INTO THREE GROUPS: a high exposure group, a low exposure group, and a control group. A total of 1082 participants (aged 30-79 years) completed a comprehensive self-administered questionnaire requesting information about demographics, medical history, lifestyle, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 1082 participants, 1005 qualified for this study. The prevalence of sleep disturbance was 45.5% in the control group, 71.8% in the low exposure group, and 77.1% in the high exposure group (p for trend < 0.001). After adjusting for potential confounding factors, we determined the exposure-response relationship between the degree of aircraft noise and sleep quality. Of the participants with a normal mental status, the prevalence of sleep disturbance was 2.61-fold higher in the low exposure group and 3.52-fold higher in the high exposure group than in the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The relationship between aircraft noise and health should be further evaluated through a large-scale follow-up study.
authors: Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
authors: Soo Jeong
authors: SJ
authors: Kim
authors: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
authors: Sang Kug
authors: SK
authors: Chai
authors: Health Promotion Center, Ajou University Medical Center, Suwon, Korea.
authors: Keou Won
authors: KW
authors: Lee
authors: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
authors: Jae-Beom
authors: JB
authors: Park
authors: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
authors: Kyoung-Bok
authors: KB
authors: Min
authors: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Suwon, Hwaseong, Korea.
authors: Hyun Gwon
authors: HG
authors: Kil
authors: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Suwon, Hwaseong, Korea.
authors: Chan
authors: C
authors: Lee
authors: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
authors: Kyung Jong
authors: KJ
authors: Lee
keywords: aircraft noise; anxiety; depression; sleep quality; stress