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Road traffic noise and children's inattention
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BACKGROUND: An increasing number of children are exposed to road
traffic noise levels that may lead to adverse effects on health
and daily functioning. Childhood is a period of intense growth
and brain maturation, and children may therefore be especially
vulnerable to road traffic noise. The objective of the present
study was to examine whether road traffic noise was associated
with reported inattention symptoms in children, and whether this
association was mediated by sleep duration. METHODS: This study
was based on the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study
conducted by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Parental
reports of children's inattention at age 8 were linked to
modelled levels of residential road traffic noise. We
investigated the association between inattention and noise
exposure during pregnancy (n = 1934), noise exposure averaged
over 5 years (age 3 to 8 years; n = 1384) and noise exposure at
age 8 years (n = 1384), using fractional logit response models.
The participants were children from Oslo, Norway. RESULTS: An
association with inattention at age 8 years was found for road
traffic noise exposure at age 8 years (coef = .0083, CI =
[.0012, .0154]; 1.2% point increase in inattention score per 10
dB increase in noise level), road traffic noise exposure average
for the last 5 years (coef = .0090, CI = [.0016, .0164]; 1.3%
point increase/10 dB), and for pregnancy road traffic noise
exposure for boys (coef = .0091, CI = [.0010, .0171]), but not
girls (coef = -.0021, CI = [-.0094, .0053]). Criteria for doing
mediation analyses were not fulfilled. CONCLUSION: Results
indicate that road traffic noise has a negative impact on
children's inattention. We found no mediation by sleep duration.
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WEYDE, Kjell vegard, KROG, Norun hjertager, OFTEDAL, Bente, MAGNUS, Per, OVERLAND, Simon, STANSFELD, Stephen, NIEUWENHUIJSEN, Mark j., VRIJHEID, Martine, CASTRO PASCUAL, Montserrat de, AASVANG, Gunn marit. Road traffic noise and children's inattention. _Environmental Health_. 2017. Vol. 16, núm. 127. [consulta: 25 de febrer de 2026]. ISSN: 1476-069X. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/118594]