title: Noise monitoring and adverse health effects in residents in different functional areas of Luzhou, China.
abstract: The purpose of the study was to investigate the noise pollution situation and the resulting adverse effect on residents' health in Luzhou, China, to provide data for noise pollution prevention policies and interventions. Four different functional areas (commercial, construction, residential, and transportation hub areas) were chosen to monitor noise level for 3 months. The survey was performed by questionnaire on the spot on randomly selected individuals; it collected data on the impact of noise on residents' health (quality of sleep, high blood pressure, subjective feeling of nervous system damage, and attention) as well as the knowledge of noise-induced health damage, the degree of adaptation to noise, and their solutions. The noise levels of residential, commercial, transportation, and construction areas exceeded the national standards (P < .001). Sleep quality, prevalence of hypertension, and attention in transportation hub areas were significantly different from those in the other 3 areas (P < .05); only 24.46% of people knew the health hazards associated with noise; 64.57% of residents have adapted to the current noise environment. Most of them have to close the doors and windows to reduce noise. The noise pollution situation in Luzhou, China, is serious, especially the traffic noise pollution. Residents pay less attention to it and adopt single measures to reduce the noise. We should work toward the prevention and control of traffic noise and improve the residents' awareness to reduce the adverse health effects of noise.
authors.affiliation: Luzhou Medical College, Luzhou, China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Xia
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Luzhou Medical College, Luzhou, China.
authors.forename: Zhang-Heng
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.affiliation: Luzhou Medical College, Luzhou, China.
authors.forename: Chun-Lian
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Luzhou Medical College, Luzhou, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.affiliation: Luzhou Medical College, Luzhou, China.
authors.forename: Zhong-Lin
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Gan
authors.affiliation: Luzhou Medical College, Luzhou, China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Luzhou Medical College, Luzhou, China qingbizhang@126.com.
authors.forename: Qing-Bi
authors.initials: QB
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001288:Attention; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009622:Noise / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009624:Noise, Transportation / Q000009:adverse effects; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012890:Sleep; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014186:Transportation; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: adverse health effects; noise pollution; urban noise