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. 2024 Oct 12;14:23878. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-73649-5

Table 1.

Characteristics of healthcare workers by median level of residential noise pollution.

Characteristics Available N Overall < 63 dB Lden
(N = 1748)
≥ 63 dB Lden
(N = 3668)
P-value
Age (Year), median (Q1, Q3) 5416 31.5 (26.0, 38.8) 28.6 (24.7, 35.5) 32.8 (26.9, 40.0) < 0.001
Female, n (%) 5416 4103 (75.8) 1326 (75.9) 2777 (75.1) 0.905
Smoking, n (%) 5197 318 (6.1) 113 (6.64) 205 (5.86) 0.271
Alcohol consumption, n (%) 2943 933 (31.7) 334 (32.8) 599 (31.1) 0.348
Body mass index, (kg/m2), median (Q1, Q3) 4999 22.0 (19.9, 24.9) 21.8 (19.6, 24.7) 22.1 (20.0, 25.1) < 0.001
Working hours (hours), median (Q1, Q3) 2242 42.0 (40.0, 48.0) 40.0 (40.0, 48.0) 42.3 (40.0, 48.0) 0.570
Sleep hours (hours), median (Q1, Q3) 2242 7.0 (6.0, 7.0) 7.0 (6.0, 7.0) 6.5 (6.0, 7.0) 0.027
Hypertension, n (%) 5416 218 (4.0) 54 (3.1) 164 (4.5) 0.016
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 5416 68 (1.3) 13 (0.7) 55 (1.5) 0.020
Job type, n (%) < 0.001
 Physician group 5416 475 (8.8) 158 (9.0) 317 (8.6)
 Nursing group 5416 1393 (25.7) 523 (29.9) 870 (23.7)
 Administration group 5416 630 (11.6) 203 (11.6) 427 (11.6)
 Medical technician group 5416 500 (9.2) 162 (9.3) 338 (9.2)
 Unknown 5416 2418 (44.7) 702 (40.2) 1716 (46.8)
 Burnout, personal (score), median (Q1, Q3) 5416 45.8 (33.3, 58.3) 45.8 (33.3, 54.2) 45.8 (33.3, 58.3) < 0.001
Categorical, n (%)
 Level: low (≤ 50) 5416 3644 (67.3) 1252 (71.6) 2392 (65.2) < 0.001
 Level: moderate (51–69) 5416 1010 (18.7) 287 (16.4) 723 (19.7)
 Level: high (≥ 70) 5416 762 (14.1) 209 (12.0) 553 (15.1)
 Burnout, work-related (score), median (Q1, Q3) 5416 46.4 (35.7, 53.6) 42.9 (35.7, 53.6) 46.4 (35.7, 53.6) 0.001
Categorical, n (%)
 Level: low (≤ 45) 5416 2700 (49.9) 930 (53.2) 1770 (48.3) 0.001
 Level: moderate (46–59) 5416 1817 (33.6) 565 (32.3) 1252 (34.1)
 Level: high (≥ 60) 5416 899 (16.6) 253 (14.5) 646 (17.6)

Q1 first quartile, Q3third quartile.