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dc.contributor.authorMac Domhnaill, Ciarán
dc.contributor.authorDouglas, Owen
dc.contributor.authorLyons, Seán
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Enda
dc.contributor.authorNolan, Anne
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-20T14:30:11Z
dc.date.available2022-09-20T14:30:11Z
dc.date.issued2022-06-27
dc.identifier281369580
dc.identifierf9cdf568-ea0d-4404-90db-b3f84431e845
dc.identifier85132997115
dc.identifier.citationMac Domhnaill , C , Douglas , O , Lyons , S , Murphy , E & Nolan , A 2022 , ' Road traffic noise, quality of life, and mental distress among older adults : evidence from Ireland ' , Cities & Health , vol. Latest Articles . https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2022.2084806en
dc.identifier.issn2374-8834
dc.identifier.othercrossref: 10.1080/23748834.2022.2084806
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-9869-7103/work/119628621
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/26041
dc.descriptionFunding for this research was provided by the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Research Programme 2014–2020, which is funded by the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications in Ireland.en
dc.description.abstractThis research contributes to an emerging evidence base that considers a possible relationship between exposure to road traffic noise and mental distress. This study aimed to determine whether chronic exposure to road traffic noise was associated with quality of life or various measures of mental distress. We spatially linked high-quality modelled noise exposure data for the cities of Dublin and Cork in Ireland to The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, allowing an examination of these health outcomes among older adults while adjusting for socio-demographic and behavioural characteristics. Exposure to air pollution was also considered in the analysis, allowing any associations between noise and either quality of life or mental distress that were independent of this other stressor to be isolated. While the study did not detect evidence of an association between noise exposure and depression, anxiety, stress, or worry, it identified a negative association between exposure to road traffic noise and quality of life that was independent of a range of socio-demographic and behavioural factors. Moving from the highest quintile of noise exposure to the lowest was associated with an increase on the CASP-12 quality of life scale of 1.08 of a standard deviation.
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dc.format.extent2117296
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofCities & Healthen
dc.subjectRoad traffic noiseen
dc.subjectCommon Noise Assessment Methods in the European Union (CNOSSOS-EU)en
dc.subjectMental distressen
dc.subjectQuality of lifeen
dc.subjectOlder adultsen
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.subjectRA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicineen
dc.subject3rd-DASen
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingen
dc.subjectSDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communitiesen
dc.subjectNISen
dc.subject.lccRA0421en
dc.titleRoad traffic noise, quality of life, and mental distress among older adults : evidence from Irelanden
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Economics and Financeen
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/23748834.2022.2084806
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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