title: Sleep Disturbance from Road Traffic, Railways, Airplanes and from Total Environmental Noise Levels in Montreal.
abstract: The objective of our study was to measure the impact of transportation-related noise and total environmental noise on sleep disturbance for the residents of Montreal, Canada. A telephone-based survey on noise-related sleep disturbance among 4336 persons aged 18 years and over was conducted. LNight for each study participant was estimated using a land use regression (LUR) model. Distance of the respondent's residence to the nearest transportation noise source was also used as an indicator of noise exposure. The proportion of the population whose sleep was disturbed by outdoor environmental noise in the past 4 weeks was 12.4%. The proportion of those affected by road traffic, airplane and railway noise was 4.2%, 1.5% and 1.1%, respectively. We observed an increased prevalence in sleep disturbance for those exposed to both rail and road noise when compared for those exposed to road only. We did not observe an increased prevalence in sleep disturbance for those that were both exposed to road and planes when compared to those exposed to road or planes only. We developed regression models to assess the marginal proportion of sleep disturbance as a function of estimated LNight and distance to transportation noise sources. In our models, sleep disturbance increased with proximity to transportation noise sources (railway, airplane and road traffic) and with increasing LNight values. Our study provides a quantitative estimate of the association between total environmental noise levels estimated using an LUR model and sleep disturbance from transportation noise.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Department of Montreal, Montreal, QC H2L 1M3, Canada. stephane.perron.ccsmtl@ssss.gouv.qc.ca.|Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada. stephane.perron.ccsmtl@ssss.gouv.qc.ca.
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perron
authors.affiliation: Public Health Department of Montreal, Montreal, QC H2L 1M3, Canada. celine.plante.ccsmtl@ssss.gouv.qc.ca.
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Plante
authors.affiliation: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel 4002, Switzerland. Martina.Ragettli@unibas.ch.|University of Basel, Basel 4003, Switzerland. Martina.Ragettli@unibas.ch.
authors.forename: Martina S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ragettli
authors.affiliation: Public Health Department of Montreal, Montreal, QC H2L 1M3, Canada. david.kaise.ccsmtl@ssss.gouv.qc.ca.|Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A2, Canada. david.kaise.ccsmtl@ssss.gouv.qc.ca.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.affiliation: Public Health Department of Montreal, Montreal, QC H2L 1M3, Canada. sophie.goudrea.ccsmtl@ssss.gouv.qc.ca.
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goudreau
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Public Health Quebec, Montreal, QC H3C 2B9, Canada. Audrey.Smargiassi@umontreal.ca.|Public Health Research Institute, University of Montreal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada. Audrey.Smargiassi@umontreal.ca.|Department of Environmental Health and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada. Audrey.Smargiassi@umontreal.ca.
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Smargiassi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000401:Aircraft; D001336:Automobiles; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009624:Noise, Transportation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011890:Railroads; D012890:Sleep; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: land use regression; sleep disturbance; transportation noise