Noise and the quality of sleep in two hospitals in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Braz. j. med. biol. res
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29(4): 515-20, Apr. 1996. tab
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in English
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| ID: lil-163896
ABSTRACT
Male patients of two hospitals in Belo Horizonte completed a questionnaire during an interview on the day of discharge in order to evaluate sleeping conditions related to noise during the previous night and were retested 24 h later. Patients had a worse perception of sleep at the noisier hospital, the University Hospital of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (N = 13), whose internal mean nocturnal noise level was Leq = 53.7 db(A), than at the quieter hospital, Baleia (N = 22), whose internal mean nocturnal noise level was Leq = 45.5 db(A). Noise was the only sleep-disturbing factor which was statistically significant.
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Sleep
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Noise
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Journal subject:
Biology
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Medicine
Year:
1996
Type:
Article
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Congress and conference
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