Authors:
Ali Mohammed Nassur | Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, IFSTTAR, UMRESTTE, UMR T_9405 | France
Marie LEFEVRE | Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, IFSTTAR, UMRESTTE, UMR T_9405 | France
Damien LEGER, Prof. Dr. | Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, APHP, Hôtel-Dieu de Paris, Centre du Sommeil et de la Vigilance et EA 7330 VIFASOM | France
Bernard LAUMON, PhD | IFSTTAR, Transport, Health and Safety Department | France
Anne-Sophie Evrard, PhD | Univ Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, IFSTTAR, UMRESTTE, UMR T_9405 | France
Objectives: Exposure to aircraft noise has been shown to have adverse effects on health and particularly on sleep. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between aircraft noise exposure and subjective sleep quality in the population living near airports in France.
Methods: Information on their sleep was assessed through a questionnaire administered to 1,244 residents of three major French airports: Paris-CDG, Lyon-Saint-Exupéry and Toulouse-Blagnac. For each participant, aircraft noise exposure was assessed at home using noise maps. Logistic regression models were used with adjustment for potential confounders.
Results: Aircraft noise exposure was associated with the risk of being a short sleeper (sleep duration ≤ 6h), and with the feeling of tiredness on awakening in the morning. An increase of 10 dBA in aircraft noise level at night was respectively associated with an OR of 1.66 (95% CI: 1.16 to 2.35) and an OR of 1.24 (95% CI: 1.00 to 1.63).
Conclusion: These findings contribute to the overall evidence suggesting that aircraft noise exposure at nighttime may decrease subjective quality of sleep.