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A Profile of Noise Sensitivity on the Health-Related Quality of Life Among Young Motorcyclists
INTRODUCTION: Motorcycle riders with noise sensitivity (NS) may suffer from degraded health-related quality of life (HRQOL) because they are exposed to acute noise levels on a daily basis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was aimed to identify the relationship between NS and HRQOL among young motor...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5926317/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29676296 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/nah.NAH_14_17 |
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author | Ali, Anila Hussain, Roslinah M. Dom, Nazri C. Md Rashid, Razi Ikhwan |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Motorcycle riders with noise sensitivity (NS) may suffer from degraded health-related quality of life (HRQOL) because they are exposed to acute noise levels on a daily basis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was aimed to identify the relationship between NS and HRQOL among young motorcycle riders (undergraduate university students) aged between 19 and 25 years (n = 301) through a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study, that is, Weinstein noise sensitivity scale and the World Health Organization Quality of Life. The effects of NS on HRQOL were assessed based on gender, the years of motorcycle driving experience, and noise sensitive among groups using one-way analysis of variances with an alpha value of 0.05. RESULTS: The results showed no significant difference in NS between males and females. On the other hand, motorcycle driving experience for <4 years displayed a higher tendency toward NS. Moreover, a significantly (P = 0.004) decreasing trend among low, moderate, and high NS with their respective HRQOL was observed, while a high NS showed significantly (P = 0.015) lower scores on the social domain of the quality of life. CONCLUSION: The overall premise of the study has statistical significance and shows that individuals with high NS tend to have degraded HRQOL compared to individuals with low NS. Furthermore, in-depth studies are required from the other demographical background of participants to investigate the motorcyclist’s NS and HRQOL as an integral requirement for the rider’s safety and health. |
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spelling | pubmed-59263172018-05-08 A Profile of Noise Sensitivity on the Health-Related Quality of Life Among Young Motorcyclists Ali, Anila Hussain, Roslinah M. Dom, Nazri C. Md Rashid, Razi Ikhwan Noise Health Original Article INTRODUCTION: Motorcycle riders with noise sensitivity (NS) may suffer from degraded health-related quality of life (HRQOL) because they are exposed to acute noise levels on a daily basis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was aimed to identify the relationship between NS and HRQOL among young motorcycle riders (undergraduate university students) aged between 19 and 25 years (n = 301) through a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study, that is, Weinstein noise sensitivity scale and the World Health Organization Quality of Life. The effects of NS on HRQOL were assessed based on gender, the years of motorcycle driving experience, and noise sensitive among groups using one-way analysis of variances with an alpha value of 0.05. RESULTS: The results showed no significant difference in NS between males and females. On the other hand, motorcycle driving experience for <4 years displayed a higher tendency toward NS. Moreover, a significantly (P = 0.004) decreasing trend among low, moderate, and high NS with their respective HRQOL was observed, while a high NS showed significantly (P = 0.015) lower scores on the social domain of the quality of life. CONCLUSION: The overall premise of the study has statistical significance and shows that individuals with high NS tend to have degraded HRQOL compared to individuals with low NS. Furthermore, in-depth studies are required from the other demographical background of participants to investigate the motorcyclist’s NS and HRQOL as an integral requirement for the rider’s safety and health. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5926317/ /pubmed/29676296 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/nah.NAH_14_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Noise & Health http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Ali, Anila Hussain, Roslinah M. Dom, Nazri C. Md Rashid, Razi Ikhwan A Profile of Noise Sensitivity on the Health-Related Quality of Life Among Young Motorcyclists |
title | A Profile of Noise Sensitivity on the Health-Related Quality of Life Among Young Motorcyclists |
title_full | A Profile of Noise Sensitivity on the Health-Related Quality of Life Among Young Motorcyclists |
title_fullStr | A Profile of Noise Sensitivity on the Health-Related Quality of Life Among Young Motorcyclists |
title_full_unstemmed | A Profile of Noise Sensitivity on the Health-Related Quality of Life Among Young Motorcyclists |
title_short | A Profile of Noise Sensitivity on the Health-Related Quality of Life Among Young Motorcyclists |
title_sort | profile of noise sensitivity on the health-related quality of life among young motorcyclists |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5926317/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29676296 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/nah.NAH_14_17 |
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