Ingurumen zaratak eraginik al du 11 urteko umeen loaren kalitatean?

Abstract

Ingurumen zaratak helduen osasunean, eta batez ere, loaren kalitatean modu kaltegarrian eragin dezake. Hala ere, umeen osasunean duen eragina ez da hain ikertua izan. Umeek, haien garapen fasean zehar jasotzen dute esposizio hau eta garai horretan funtsezko funtzioa betetzen du loak. Hori dela eta, ikerketa honetan, Gipuzkoako INMA kohorteko 11 urteko umeek jasaten duten ingurumen zaratarekiko esposizioa deskribatzea, eta hark loaren kalitatean duen eragina aztertzea izan da helburu nagusia. Ikerketa honetan ikusi da umeek ingurumeneko zaratarekiko esposizio altua jasaten badute ere, ez duela eraginik aktigrafo bidez zein galdetegien bitartez neurturiko loaren kalitatean.

Environmental noise exposition is known to negatively affect health and sleep quality in adults. However, the effect of this exposition in children has not been studied so far. Children are exposed to this noise during their growth and development phase, which makes them a vulnerable group. In this study, we aim to measure and describe environmental noise exposure on 11 year old children belonging to the Gipzukoa cohort in INMA project. We observed that even if environmental noise exposure levels are close to the threshold at which negative effects on human health can be observed, it seems no to affect sleep quality measured by actigraph and questionaries filled by parents.