Sound Levels, Staff Perceptions, and Patient Outcomes During Renovation Near the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Trickey, Amber W.; Arnold, C. R.; Parmar, Ankit; Lasky, Robert E.

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“…Observational and experimental studies suggested that noise can increase annoyance levels (2,3), undermine sleep quality and cause daytime drowsiness (4), worsen patient outcomes and staff performance in hospitals (5), and impair cognitive performance in school children (6,7). It may induce these physiological and psychosocial responses, and ultimately extra-auditory system disorders, by stimulating the hypothalamus-pituitary-endocrine system and by altering blood dynamics and hormone levels (8).…”

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Prevalence of hypertension and noise-induced hearing loss in Chinese coal miners

Liu

Ding

et al. 2016

J. Thorac. Dis.

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Background: Owing to inconsistent epidemiologic evidence and the presence of confounding factors, the relation between occupational noise exposure and hypertension still remained unclear. We aimed to assess whether Chinese coal miners were at risk of developing hypertension and noise induced hearing loss (NIHL), and whether occupational noise exposure was a risk factor of hypertension. Methods: A questionnaire was designed to collect information from 738 study participants, all of whom were employees from the Datun Xuzhou Coal Company. The participants were divided into a noise-exposed group and a control group based on the noise level to which they were exposed in the workplace. The differences in the mean of systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were compared between the noise-exposed and control groups. Also the prevalence and age-adjusted odds ratio (OR) [95% confidence intervals (CIs)] of audiometric deficit and hypertension was compared in the study. Binary logistic regression was used to assess the relation between occupational noise level and hypertension while controlling for potential confounding factors. Results: Hypertension was more prevalent in noise-exposed group than the control group, 29.2% vs. 21.2% (P=0.012).The noise-exposed group faced an increased risk of hypertension (age-adjusted OR =1.52, 95% CI =1.07-2.15) when the control group was used as reference. The mean values of SBP and DBP of the noise-exposed groups were significantly higher than the control group (P=0.006 and P=0.002 respectively).Hearing loss at low frequencies was significantly more prevalent in the noise-exposed group than the control group, 12.8% vs. 7.4% (P=0.015), while the noise-exposed group faced the increased risk of hearing loss at low frequencies (age-adjusted OR =1.81, 95% CI =1.10-2.96). L EX, 8h (OR =1.036, 95% CI =1.012-1.060) was an independent risk of hypertension when controlling for potential confounding factors. Conclusions: We found that the occupational noise had an effect on the hypertension and hearing loss of Chinese coal miners. And the occupational noise was an independent risk factor for hypertension and could increase the values of SBP and DBP.

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Prevalence of hypertension and noise-induced hearing loss in Chinese coal miners

Liu

Ding

et al. 2016

J. Thorac. Dis.

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“…In the case of neonates, it is correlated to alterations in heart rate, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation (Williams et al, 2009;Smith et al, 2018). Conversely, questionnaires and interviews are the classical methods used to evaluate staff tolerance and awareness toward sound (Darcy et al, 2008;Trickey et al, 2012). However, studies focusing on the repercussions of the sound environment on parents are scarce, if not absent.…”

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Improving the quality of the acoustic environment in neonatal intensive care units: a review of scientific literature and technological solutions

Lenzi,

Spagnol,

Özcan

2023

Front. Comput. Sci.

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There is an increased awareness of how the quality of the acoustic environment impacts the lives of human beings. Several studies have shown that sound pollution has adverse effects on many populations, from infants to adults, in different environments and workplaces. Hospitals are susceptible environments that require special attention since sound can aggravate patients' health issues and negatively impact the performance of healthcare professionals. This paper focuses on Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) as an especially sensitive case representing a hostile acoustic environment in which healthcare professionals have little awareness of how unwanted sounds impact the perceived quality of the soundscape. We performed a semi-systematic review of scientific literature on sound assessment studies in NICU from 2001. A thematic analysis was performed to identify emerging themes that informed the analysis of 27 technological solutions for the assessment of sound quality in indoor and outdoor environments. Solutions were categorized by functions and evaluation methods and grouped according to the characteristics of the design components, i.e., acquisition, computation, and communication strategies. Results highlight a lack of solutions to assess the qualitative characteristics of indoor environments such as NICU and forecast the footprint that different sound sources have on the indoor soundscape. Such solutions are urgently needed to empower healthcare professionals, and especially nurses, to actively modify and prevent the negative impact of unwanted sounds on NICU and critical care soundscape.

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“…Construction noise levels compound when tasks are completed indoors where sound reverberates off interior walls, often the case related to hospital construction (Ulrich & Zimring, 2004). In a prospective study of sound levels, staff perceptions, and patient outcomes during renovation directly above a 104-bed NICU (N ¼ 3,127), Trickey, Arnold, Parmar, and Lasky (2012) reported no difference in pre-, concurrent-, and postconstruction NICU length of stay. Of note, the NICU contained sound absorbing materials including carpeting in large patient bays and acoustic tile ceilings and infant auditory function was not evaluated.…”

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The Relationship Between Hospital Construction and High-Risk Infant Auditory Function at NICU Discharge: A Retrospective Descriptive Cohort Study

Willis

2017

HERD

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Sound Levels, Staff Perceptions, and Patient Outcomes During Renovation Near the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Cited by 11 publications

References 30 publications

Prevalence of hypertension and noise-induced hearing loss in Chinese coal miners

Prevalence of hypertension and noise-induced hearing loss in Chinese coal miners

Improving the quality of the acoustic environment in neonatal intensive care units: a review of scientific literature and technological solutions

The Relationship Between Hospital Construction and High-Risk Infant Auditory Function at NICU Discharge: A Retrospective Descriptive Cohort Study

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