Report
Project 017: Pilot Sleep Study near Philadelphia International Airport
Washington State University
08/2016
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000001740
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/125410
Appears in Aviation Sustainability Center (ASCENT)
Abstract
This report describes the design and results of a pilot field study on the effects of aircraft noise on sleep conducted in the vicinity of Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) using the methodology described above. Eighty participants were recruited, 40 from a region with aircraft noise exposure near the airport and 40 from a control region in Philadelphia County. Control region participants were comparable to the exposed group of subjects in terms of sociodemographic characteristics and non-aircraft traffic exposure, but without relevant amounts of nighttime air-traffic. Participants were primarily recruited by mailing flyers. After obtaining informed consent and gathering baseline characteristics, each participant completed three consecutive nights of ECG and actigraphy measurements with concomitant noise level measurements and sound recordings each night in his/her bedroom. Additionally, participants measured their blood pressure and completed brief questionnaires subjectively assessing their sleep each morning. All objective and subjective measurements was completed unattended, staff only went to the participant’s home on the first and last day of the study to setup and collect the equipment.
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Details
- Title
- Project 017: Pilot Sleep Study near Philadelphia International Airport
- Creators
- Mathias Basner (Author) - University of PennsylvaniaSarah McGuire (Author)
- Academic Unit
- Aviation Sustainability Center (ASCENT); Noise
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Grants
- 13-C-AJFE-UPenn-001, Federal Aviation Administration (United States, Washington) - FAA13-C-AJFE-UPENN-002, Federal Aviation Administration (United States, Washington) - FAA
- Identifiers
- 99900623185701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Report