PMID- 26176420
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160130
LR  - 20151016
IS  - 1096-0953 (Electronic)
IS  - 0013-9351 (Linking)
VI  - 142
DP  - 2015 Oct
TI  - An assessment of quality of life using the WHOQOL-BREF among participants living 
      in the vicinity of wind turbines.
PG  - 227-38
LID - S0013-9351(15)30018-9 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.envres.2015.06.043 [doi]
AB  - Living within the vicinity of wind turbines may have adverse impacts on health 
      measures associated with quality of life (QOL). There are few studies in this 
      area and inconsistent findings preclude definitive conclusions regarding the 
      impact that exposure to wind turbine noise (WTN) may have on QOL. In the current 
      study (officially titled the Community Noise and Health Study or CNHS), the World 
      Health Organization QOL-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire provided an evaluation 
      of QOL in relation to WTN levels among randomly selected participants aged 18-79 
      (606 males, 632 females) living between 0.25 and 11.22 km from wind turbines 
      (response rate 78.9%). In the multiple regression analyses, WTN levels were not 
      found to be related to scores on the Physical, Psychological, Social or 
      Environment domains, or to rated QOL and Satisfaction with Health questions. 
      However, some wind turbine-related variables were associated with scores on the 
      WHOQOL-BREF, irrespective of WTN levels. Hearing wind turbines for less than one 
      year (compared to not at all and greater than one year) was associated with 
      improved (i.e. higher) scores on the Psychological domain (p=0.0108). Lower 
      scores on both the Physical and Environment domains (p=0.0218 and p=0.0372, 
      respectively), were observed among participants reporting high visual annoyance 
      toward wind turbines. Personal benefit from having wind turbines in the area was 
      related to higher scores on the Physical domain (p=0.0417). Other variables 
      significantly related to one or more domains, included sex, age, marital status, 
      employment, education, income, alcohol consumption, smoking status, chronic 
      diseases and sleep disorders. Collectively, results do not support an association 
      between exposure to WTN up to 46 dBA and QOL assessed using the WHOQOL-BREF 
      questionnaire.
CI  - Crown Copyright (c) 2015. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Feder, Katya
AU  - Feder K
AD  - Health Canada, Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Consumer 
      & Clinical Radiation Protection Bureau, 775 Brookfield Road, Ottawa, Ontario, 
      Canada.
FAU - Michaud, David S
AU  - Michaud DS
AD  - Health Canada, Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Consumer 
      & Clinical Radiation Protection Bureau, 775 Brookfield Road, Ottawa, Ontario, 
      Canada. Electronic address: david.michaud@hc-sc.gc.ca.
FAU - Keith, Stephen E
AU  - Keith SE
AD  - Health Canada, Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Consumer 
      & Clinical Radiation Protection Bureau, 775 Brookfield Road, Ottawa, Ontario, 
      Canada.
FAU - Voicescu, Sonia A
AU  - Voicescu SA
AD  - Health Canada, Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Consumer 
      & Clinical Radiation Protection Bureau, 775 Brookfield Road, Ottawa, Ontario, 
      Canada.
FAU - Marro, Leonora
AU  - Marro L
AD  - Health Canada, Population Studies Division, Biostatistics Section, 200 Eglantine 
      Driveway, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
FAU - Than, John
AU  - Than J
AD  - Health Canada, Population Studies Division, Biostatistics Section, 200 Eglantine 
      Driveway, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
FAU - Guay, Mireille
AU  - Guay M
AD  - Health Canada, Population Studies Division, Biostatistics Section, 200 Eglantine 
      Driveway, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
FAU - Denning, Allison
AU  - Denning A
AD  - Health Canada, Environmental Health Program, Health Programs Branch, Regions and 
      Programs Bureau, 1505 Barrington Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
FAU - Bower, Tara J
AU  - Bower TJ
AD  - Health Canada, Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Office of 
      Science Policy, Liaison and Coordination, 269 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, 
      Ontario, Canada.
FAU - Lavigne, Eric
AU  - Lavigne E
AD  - Health Canada, Air Health Science Division, 269 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, 
      Ontario, Canada.
FAU - Whelan, Chantal
AU  - Whelan C
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, c/o Carlington Community Health 
      Center, 900 Merivale Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
FAU - van den Berg, Frits
AU  - van den Berg F
AD  - GGD Amsterdam Public Health Service, Environmental Health Department, Nieuwe 
      Achtergracht 100, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20150711
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Environ Res
JT  - Environmental research
JID - 0147621
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - *Energy-Generating Resources
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Linear Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Noise
MH  - *Quality of Life
MH  - Regression Analysis
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - *Wind
MH  - Young Adult
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Annoyance
OT  - Cross-sectional study
OT  - Quality of life
OT  - WHOQOL-BREF
OT  - Wind turbine noise
EDAT- 2015/07/16 06:00
MHDA- 2016/01/31 06:00
CRDT- 2015/07/16 06:00
PHST- 2015/02/21 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/06/24 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2015/06/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/07/16 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/07/16 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/01/31 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0013-9351(15)30018-9 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envres.2015.06.043 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Res. 2015 Oct;142:227-38. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.06.043. Epub 2015 
      Jul 11.