道路,铁路和飞机交通噪声与英国生物银行队列中的认知功能之间的关联
Enock Havyarimana1, Rabiya Gangrekar2, Xiangpu Gong3
1Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability, Division of Public Health and Epidemiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom; NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom.
Environment international
|November 23, 2025
概括
较高的飞机和铁路交通噪声暴露与成年人视觉空间记忆的恶化有关. 这项研究强调了噪音污染和认知能力下降之间的潜在联系.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 关于噪音污染对成人认知功能的影响的研究有限.
- 本研究使用英国生物银行队列调查了交通噪音和认知表现之间的关系.
研究的目的:
- 检查不同类型的交通噪音 (公路,铁路,飞机) 与成年人的认知表现之间的横截面关联.
- 确定噪音暴露与特定认知领域之间的潜在联系.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自英国生物银行队列的数据,其中包括超过499,000名道路噪音参与者,228,000名铁路噪音参与者和105,000名飞机噪音参与者.
- 使用已建立的框架 (CNOSSOS-EU,DEFRA,ANCON) 建模的噪音暴露水平 (Lden和Lnight).
- 评估认知功能,包括反应时间,视觉空间记忆,口头数字推理和前性记忆,通过自行管理的触摸屏测试,使用回归模型进行分析.
主要成果:
- 增加的飞机噪音暴露 (Lnight和Lden) 与视觉空间记忆测试中的更高错误率有显著的关联.
- 较高的铁路噪声暴露 (Lnight和Lden) 也与视觉空间记忆性能错误的增加相关.
- 在道路交通噪音和视觉空间记忆之间没有发现任何显著的关联,也没有在任何交通噪音源和反应时间,口头数字推理或前性记忆之间.
结论:
- 对飞机和铁路交通噪声的更高暴露与视觉空间记忆任务的表现较差有关.
- 这些发现表明,飞机和铁路噪音污染在成年人认知障碍中的潜在作用.
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