Pilot Sleep Study near Philadelphia International Airport — ASCENT Project 17 Report

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• Alternative Title:
  Pilot Study on Aircraft Noise and Sleep Disturbance
• Creators:
  Basner, Mathias ; McGuire, Sarah ; Witte, Maryam
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and Environment ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Environment and Energy
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Aircraft Noise Airport Noise ASCENT Field Studies Logistic Regression Analysis Sleep Deprivation
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and Environment
• Abstract:
  New field studies need to be conducted in the US to acquire current data relative to varying degrees of noise exposure to provide information on the effect of noise on sleep. As studies may need to investigate samples around multiple airports it will not be possible to use polysomnography to monitor sleep, as it has a high methodological cost. Instead, the use of actigraphy and electrocardiography (ECG) has been examined. This approach is cost-effective, as individuals can be taught how to use the equipment on their own, and will allow a methodologically sound investigation of large subject cohorts to be investigated. This methodology was implemented in a pilot study conducted around Philadelphia International Airport. Eighty participants were recruited for the study, 40 from a region with aircraft noise exposure near the airport and 40 from a control region in Philadelphia County. Participants completed 3 nights of unattended physiological and noise measurements. The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of the ECG and actigraphy methodology. It was found that study participants could complete the measurements on their own with minimal data loss.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  13-C-AJFE-UPenn-002
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:516b736c07dcd7d096f0565400e108a282fb03e1c3eedeabce9064d67725ddba7676658af341ab2a8acc75d2fb9531aba4ddcfef3f1db3b214adf32026ca2667
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/89737/dot_89737_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.12 MB ]