Is exposure to night-time traffic noise a risk factor for purchase of anxiolytic–hypnotic medication? A cohort study

Bocquier, Aurélie; Cortaredona, Sébastien; Boutin, Céline; David, Aude; Bigot, Alexis; Sciortino, V.; Nauleau, S.; Gaudart, Jean; Giorgi, Roch; Verger, Pierre

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“…2,[4][5][6][7]9 Similarly epidemiological studies have shown that noise exposure is associated with self-reported health, 56 depression, 56,57 cardiovascular disease, [58][59][60][61][62] and mortality. 62,63 These associations often persist after adjustment for classic behavioral and biomedical risk factors, suggesting that other factors may partly explain these associations.…”

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Neighborhood Factors as Predictors of Poor Sleep in the Sueño Ancillary Study of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

Simonelli

Dudley

Weng

et al. 2016

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Study Objectives: To evaluate whether an adverse neighborhood environment has higher prevalence of poor sleep in a US Hispanic/Latino population. Methods: A cross-sectional analysis was performed in 2156 US Hispanic/Latino participants aged 18-64 years from the Sueño ancillary study of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). Participants completed surveys of neighborhood environment including perceived safety, violence and noise, the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), and 7 days of wrist actigraphy. Results: In age and sex-adjusted analyses, short sleep, low sleep efficiency, and late sleep midpoint were all more prevalent among those living in an unsafe neighborhood. After adjustment for background, site, nativity, income, employment, depressive symptoms, and sleep apnea, the absolute risk of sleeping <6 hours was 7.7 (95% CI [0.9, 14.6]) percentage points greater in those living in an unsafe compared to a safe neighborhood. There were no differences in the prevalence of insomnia by level of safety or violence. Insomnia was more prevalent among those living in a noisy neighborhood. In adjusted analysis, the absolute risk of insomnia was 4.4 (95% CI [0.4, 8.4]) percentage points greater in those living in noisy compared to non-noisy neighborhoods. Conclusion: Using validated measures of sleep duration and insomnia, we have demonstrated the existence of a higher prevalence of short sleep and insomnia by adverse neighborhood factors. An adverse neighborhood environment is an established risk factor for a variety of poor health outcomes. Our findings suggest negative effects on sleep may represent one pathway by which neighborhood environment influences health.

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Neighborhood Factors as Predictors of Poor Sleep in the Sueño Ancillary Study of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

Simonelli

Dudley

Weng

et al. 2016

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“…Traffic noise: self-rated health and medication use associations between road traffic noise (a more common environmental nuisance than aircraft noise) and self-rated health (8) or psychotropic medication use (eg, hypnotics) (17)(18)(19) among adults, and even fewer have studied how noise-sensitivity affects these associations (20).…”

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Associations of traffic noise with self-rated health and psychotropic medication use

Halonen

Lanki²,

Yli‐Tuomi³

et al. 2013

Scand J Work Environ Health

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This study shows that road traffic noise >60 dB (compared to <45 dB) was associated with poor self-rated health in men, but not in women. This association was stronger among men with high trait anxiety scores. Noise levels were not associated with psychotropic medication use. Affiliation 235Original article Scand J Work Environ Health. 2014;40(3):235-243. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3408 Associations of traffic noise with self-rated health and psychotropic medication useby Jaana I Halonen, PhD, 1 Timo Lanki, PhD, PhD,2 Anu W Turunen, PhD, 2 Jaana Pentti, MSc, 1 Mika Kivimäki, PhD,1, 3 Jussi Vahtera, MD 1, 4 Halonen JI, Lanki T, Yli-Tuomi T, Turunen AW, Pentti J, Kivimäki M, Vahtera J. Associations of traffic noise with self-rated health and psychotropic medication use. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2014;40(3):235-243. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3408 Objectives Road traffic noise is a common environmental nuisance, which has been thought to increase the risk of many types of health problems. However, population-level evidence often remains scarce. This study examined whether road traffic noise is associated with self-rated health and use of psychotropic medication in a cohort of public sector employees.Methods Data are from the Finnish Public Sector Study cohort. Geographical information system (GIS) was used to link modeled outdoor road traffic noise levels (L den ) to residential addresses of 15 611 men and women with cross-sectional survey responses on self-rated health and register-based information on the use of antidepressants, anxiolytics, and hypnotics. High trait anxiety scores were used to identify potentially vulnerable individuals. The analyses were run with logistic regression models adjusting for individual and area-level variables. All participants were blind to the aim of the study. ResultsMean level of road traffic noise at participants' home addresses was 52 decibels (dB) (standard deviation 8.1). Noise level >60 dB versus ≤45 dB was associated with poor self-rated health in men [odds ratio (OR) 1.58, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.14-2.21]. Further stratification revealed that the association was evident only among men with high trait anxiety scores (OR 2.23, 95% CI 1.28-3.89). No association was found with psychotropic medication use or among women. ConclusionExposure to road traffic noise was not associated with increased use of psychotropic medication, although it was associated with weakened self-rated health among men.Key terms antidepressant; anxiety; cohort study; environmental noise; road traffic; trait anxiety; vulnerable. With ever increasing traffic volumes and urbanization, road traffic noise is already one of the most common environmental nuisances globally. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends noise levels of <50 decibels (dB) and <40 dB at day-and night-time, respectively, to limit public disturbance (1, 2). More recently, to identify populations exposed to high noise levels, the European Commission required environmental noise maps for urban areas with populations of >100...

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“…In summary, two studies with objective data on the individual level (11,16) and one study relying on self-reports (8) showed no overall associations between road traffic noise and antidepressants, anxiolytics or hypnotics. Three studies of aircraft noise showed positive associations between noise and medications, but, in two of the studies, data on medications were self-reported (4,10), and the one using objective data had an ecological design (14,15).…”

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“…The only previous study using objective data on the individual level, studied the association between road traffic noise and use of anxiolytics or hypnotics in Marseille, France (16). Among 181 000 individuals, there was no overall association, but a weak and significant association (OR 1.16) when comparing night-time noise levels >55 dBA in the least socioeconomically deprived areas.…”

Section: Medication Use As An Outcome Variable In Environmental (Noismentioning

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Medication use as an outcome variable in environmental (noise) epidemiology

Barregård¹,

Stansfeld²

2014

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Is exposure to night-time traffic noise a risk factor for purchase of anxiolytic–hypnotic medication? A cohort study

Cited by 28 publications

References 37 publications

Neighborhood Factors as Predictors of Poor Sleep in the Sueño Ancillary Study of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

Neighborhood Factors as Predictors of Poor Sleep in the Sueño Ancillary Study of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

Associations of traffic noise with self-rated health and psychotropic medication use

Medication use as an outcome variable in environmental (noise) epidemiology

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