Association between Occupational Noise Exposure and Insomnia among Night-Shift Production Workers: A 4-Year Follow-up Study
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate whether occupational noise exposure is a risk factor for insomnia among male night-shift production workers. Methods: This study followed 623 male night-shift production workers at a tire manufacturing factory without insomnia for 4 years. Insomnia was eva...
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| author | Seunghyeon Cho Dae-Young Lim Suwhan Kim Hyeonjun Kim WonYang Kang Won-Ju Park |
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| description | Objectives: This study aimed to investigate whether occupational noise exposure is a risk factor for insomnia among male night-shift production workers. Methods: This study followed 623 male night-shift production workers at a tire manufacturing factory without insomnia for 4 years. Insomnia was evaluated based on the insomnia severity index at baseline and at 4-year follow-up. A score of ≥15 was defined as insomnia. The higher occupational noise exposure group was defined as those individuals exposed to 8-hour time-weighted-average noise above 80 dB (A). Results: Participants’ mean age was 46.3 ± 5.6 years. Of the 623 participants, 362 (58.1%) were in the higher occupational noise exposure group. At 4-year follow-up, insomnia occurred in 3.2% (n = 20) of the participants. In a multiple logistic regression analysis, the odds ratio of insomnia was 3.36 (95% confidence interval 1.083–10.405, P = 0.036) in the higher occupational noise exposure group when compared with the lower noise exposure group after adjusting for confounders. Conclusion: Our findings suggested that occupational noise exposure affected insomnia in male night-shift production workers. To prevent insomnia, efforts are required to reduce workplace noise exposure levels. Alternatively, moving to a less noisy work environment should be considered for workers with severe insomnia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-da36b1a6c98346e28ce3e67b5ac1e71c2023-10-30T11:55:14ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsNoise and Health1463-17411998-40302023-01-012511813514210.4103/nah.nah_15_23Association between Occupational Noise Exposure and Insomnia among Night-Shift Production Workers: A 4-Year Follow-up StudySeunghyeon ChoDae-Young LimSuwhan KimHyeonjun KimWonYang KangWon-Ju ParkObjectives: This study aimed to investigate whether occupational noise exposure is a risk factor for insomnia among male night-shift production workers. Methods: This study followed 623 male night-shift production workers at a tire manufacturing factory without insomnia for 4 years. Insomnia was evaluated based on the insomnia severity index at baseline and at 4-year follow-up. A score of ≥15 was defined as insomnia. The higher occupational noise exposure group was defined as those individuals exposed to 8-hour time-weighted-average noise above 80 dB (A). Results: Participants’ mean age was 46.3 ± 5.6 years. Of the 623 participants, 362 (58.1%) were in the higher occupational noise exposure group. At 4-year follow-up, insomnia occurred in 3.2% (n = 20) of the participants. In a multiple logistic regression analysis, the odds ratio of insomnia was 3.36 (95% confidence interval 1.083–10.405, P = 0.036) in the higher occupational noise exposure group when compared with the lower noise exposure group after adjusting for confounders. Conclusion: Our findings suggested that occupational noise exposure affected insomnia in male night-shift production workers. To prevent insomnia, efforts are required to reduce workplace noise exposure levels. Alternatively, moving to a less noisy work environment should be considered for workers with severe insomnia.http://www.noiseandhealth.org/article.asp?issn=1463-1741;year=2023;volume=25;issue=118;spage=135;epage=142;aulast=Choinsomniaoccupational noisesleep problemsshift worker |
| spellingShingle | Seunghyeon Cho Dae-Young Lim Suwhan Kim Hyeonjun Kim WonYang Kang Won-Ju Park Association between Occupational Noise Exposure and Insomnia among Night-Shift Production Workers: A 4-Year Follow-up Study Noise and Health insomnia occupational noise sleep problems shift worker |
| title | Association between Occupational Noise Exposure and Insomnia among Night-Shift Production Workers: A 4-Year Follow-up Study |
| title_full | Association between Occupational Noise Exposure and Insomnia among Night-Shift Production Workers: A 4-Year Follow-up Study |
| title_fullStr | Association between Occupational Noise Exposure and Insomnia among Night-Shift Production Workers: A 4-Year Follow-up Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association between Occupational Noise Exposure and Insomnia among Night-Shift Production Workers: A 4-Year Follow-up Study |
| title_short | Association between Occupational Noise Exposure and Insomnia among Night-Shift Production Workers: A 4-Year Follow-up Study |
| title_sort | association between occupational noise exposure and insomnia among night shift production workers a 4 year follow up study |
| topic | insomnia occupational noise sleep problems shift worker |
| url | http://www.noiseandhealth.org/article.asp?issn=1463-1741;year=2023;volume=25;issue=118;spage=135;epage=142;aulast=Cho |
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