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Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 Sep 26;13(10). doi: 10.3390/ijerph13100954.

Environmental Noise Annoyance and Mental Health in Adults: Findings from the Cross-Sectional German Health Update (GEDA) Study 2012.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Friederike Hammersen, Hildegard Niemann, Jens Hoebel

Affiliations

  1. Institute of Social Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, Luebeck 23562, Germany. [email protected].
  2. Division of Health Reporting, Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, General-Pape-Straße 62-66, Berlin 12101, Germany. [email protected].
  3. Division of Social Determinants of Health, Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, General-Pape-Straße 62-66, Berlin 12101, Germany. [email protected].

PMID: 27681736 PMCID: PMC5086693 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13100954

Abstract

The health implications of environmental noise, especially cardiovascular effects, have been studied intensively. Research on associations between noise and mental health, however, has shown contradictory results. The present study examined associations between individual levels of noise annoyance due to noise from various sources in the living environment and mental health of adults in Germany. It evaluated whether these associations persisted after adjusting for potential covariates. Data were obtained from the cross-sectional "German Health Update" study 2012 (GEDA 2012), a national health interview survey among adults in Germany conducted by the Robert Koch Institute (

Keywords: ICBEN; MHI-5; environmental health; environmental noise; mental disorder; mental health; noise; noise annoyance; noise pollution; transportation noise

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest. The German Health Update (GEDA) study is part of the Federal Health Monitoring System (FHMS) in Germany. The FHMS is administered by the Robert Koch Instit

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