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NORAH Noise-related annoyance, cognition and health Transportation noise effects in the environs of the airport Vol. 7: General Overview of the NORAH Research Project NORAH Noise-related annoyance, cognition and health study NORAH General Overview AUTHORS, PROJECT MANAGEMENT Rainer Guski Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum Dirk Schreckenberg ZEUS GmbH, Zentrum für angewandte Psychologie, Umwelt- und Sozialforschung, 58093 Hagen PUBLISHER, CLIENT Gemeinnützige Umwelthaus GmbH Rüsselsheimer Str. 100 65451 Kelsterbach OVERALL COORDINATION OF THE NORAH STUDY Rainer Guski Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum Dirk Schreckenberg ZEUS GmbH, Center for applied Psychology, Environmental and Health Research, 58093 Hagen All of the scientific texts, graphics, tables and other content contained in this document are protected by copyright. They may not be copied, altered, duplicated or published, either in full or in part, without the prior written consent of the author or the publisher. Any publication or use of even part of this document is only permissible with the consent of the author or publisher with reference to the full source. 7 October 2015 NORAH Noise-related annoyance, cognition and health study NORAH General Overview INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE Ali Erdogan Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen Caroline Herr Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Munich August Schick University of Oldenburg Rudolf Schuemer FernUniversität in Hagen Enno Swart Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg Berthold Vogelsang Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Climate Protection of Lower Saxony, Hanover Hajo Zeeb Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS GmbH SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD – EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE Mark Brink ETH Zurich Erland Erdmann University of Cologne Kerstin Giering University of Applied Sciences Trier, Environmental Campus Birkenfeld Barbara Griefahn Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, TU Dortmund (IfADo) Jürgen Hellbrück Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt Wolfgang Hoffmann University Medicine Greifswald Christian Maschke State Office of Environment, Health and Consumer Protection Brandenburg, Potsdam Lothar Ohse Hessian State Office for Environment and Geology, Wiesbaden Georg Thomann Office for Nature and the Environment, CH Graubünden Irene van Kamp Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, NL-Bilthoven Joachim Vogt Darmstadt University of Technology NORAH Noise-related annoyance, cognition and health study NORAH General Overview VOLUMES RELEASED ON THE NORAH STUDY – TRANSPORTATION NOISE EFFECTS IN THE ENVIRONS OF THE AIRPORT Vol. 1 Cognitive development and quality of life of children Vol. 2 Registration of the traffic noise exposures Vol. 3 Annoyance and quality of life Vol. 4 Aviation noise and sleep Vol. 5 Blood pressure monitoring Vol. 6 Health risks Vol. 7 General overview NORAH Noise-related annoyance, cognition and health study Summary NORAH General Overview Contents Contents .................................................................................................................. 4 Summary .................................................................................................................. 6 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 10 1.1 The diverse health landscape: from wellbeing to heart attack ................................ 10 1.2 The NORAH joint research project....................................................................... 12 2 Aims of the joint research project .............................................................................. 15 2.1 Primary aims ..................................................................................................... 15 2.2 Aims of module 1, "Annoyance and quality of life" ................................................ 16 2.3 Aims of module 2, "Health" ................................................................................ 17 2.3.1 Aims of the sub-study "Secondary data-based case-control study with detailed survey on health risks" ............................................................................................. 17 2.3.2 Aims of the sub-study "Blood pressure monitoring" ........................................ 17 2.3.3 Aims of the sleep study ............................................................................... 18 2.4 Aims of module 3, "Cognitive development and quality of life of children" .............. 18 2.5 Aims of the inter-module "Registration of traffic noise exposures" ......................... 19 3 Working groups ....................................................................................................... 21 4 Methodology .......................................................................................................... 23 4.1 Scientific results depend on the research question and the investigation method .... 23 4.2 Research questions of the sub-studies ................................................................. 25 4.2.1 Research questions of the module "Annoyance and quality of life" .................. 25 4.2.2 Research questions of the secondary data-based case-control study with detailed survey 26 4.2.3 Research questions of the blood pressure monitoring ..................................... 27 4.2.4 Research questions of the sleep study ........................................................... 27 4.2.5 Research questions of the child study ........................................................... 28 4.3 Analysis approaches and sampling in the sub-studies ........................................... 28 4.3.1 Investigation in residential areas in the environs of the airport........................ 28 4.3.2 Study region, spatial reference ..................................................................... 29 4.3.3 Recruitment of participants, sampling in the sub-studies ................................ 37 4.3.3.1 Sampling in the sub-study "Annoyance and quality of life" ............................ 37 4.3.3.2 Data acquisition in the sub-study "Secondary data-based case-control study with detailed survey" ............................................................................................ 42 4.3.3.3 Sampling in the sub-study "Blood pressure monitoring" ................................ 43 4.3.3.4 Sampling in the sleep study ........................................................................ 44 4.3.3.5 Sampling in the sub-study "Cognitive development and quality of life of children" .............................................................................................................. 45 NORAH Noise-related annoyance, cognition and health study Summary NORAH General Overview 4.4 Investigation methods in the sub-studies ............................................................. 48 4.4.1 Module 1: "Annoyance and quality of life" ..................................................... 48 4.4.2 Secondary data-based case-control study ..................................................... 49 4.4.3 Blood pressure monitoring .......................................................................... 49 4.4.4 Sleep study ................................................................................................ 51 4.4.5 Child study ................................................................................................. 53 5 Central results ......................................................................................................... 54 5.1 Annoyance and quality of life .............................................................................. 55 5.1.1 The main results on Annoyance and quality of life ......................................... 55 5.1.2 Summary evaluation of the results of the studies on annoyance and quality of Life 69 5.2 Secondary data-based case-control study with detailed survey ........................... 70 5.2.1 The main results for the individual diseases .................................................. 71 5.2.1.1 Cardiovascular disease risks (myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failure) ..... 71 5.2.1.2 Consideration of the nocturnal maximum levels in the case of cardiovascular disease risks ......................................................................................................... 73 5.2.1.3 Breast cancer risks .................................................................................... 73 5.2.1.5 Distortion of results due to unidentified or residual confounding? Results of the detailed survey ..................................................................................................... 76 5.2.1.6 Sub-analysis of insured persons with information on the social status available in the health insurance data ...................................................................................... 77 5.2.1.7 Significance of the noise history: constant residential addresses over many years and "cumulative noise years" .................................................................................... 77 5.2.2 Summary evaluation of the results of the NORAH case control study .................. 77 5.3 Blood pressure monitoring ................................................................................. 80 5.4 Sleep study ....................................................................................................... 81 5.5 Cognitive development and quality of life of children ...........................................