Guzejev1 Whipp2 Wang3 2023

Further, we tested whether noise sensitivity and noise annoyance moderated the effect of perceived noise exposure through interaction analyses.

Furthermore, we examined whether noise sensitivity and noise annoyance moderated the effects of perceived noise exposure through interaction analyses.

According to recent studies, noise annoyance can be a mediator between noise exposure and mental ill-health, especially depression.

According to recent studies, noise disturbance may be a mediating factor between noise exposure and mental health issues, particularly depression.

Noise annoyance was associated with perceived occupational noise exposure but not with depression, and statistical adjustment for annoyance did not remove the association of perceived occupational noise exposure with depression.

Noise annoyance was associated with occupational noise but not with depression; after statistical adjustment for annoyance, the association between occupational noise and depression remained.

Females had better cognitive performance at sound levels of < 65 dBA with a low and medium mental workload, while males had better cognitive performance at sound levels > 65 dB and a high workload.

At low to moderate mental workloads, females have better cognitive performance in environmental noise levels below 65dBA, while males has better cognitive performance in environments exceeding 65 dB and under high-load working conditions.

Future research can focus on designing noise interventions in workplace and evaluate their effects on mental health.

This article contained many professional terms that were difficult to read. In addition, I did not fully understand the statistical analysis where noise sensitivity was treated as a moderator variable.