Table 8. Summary of children's sleep habits questionnaire according to noise level and as stratified by NS (low NS).
Characteristics | Low NS (road traffic) (n = 318) | F | P value | Low NS (aircraft) (n = 130) | F | P value | ||
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Low noise (n = 236) | High noise (n = 82) | Low noise (n = 74) | High noise (n = 56) | |||||
Bedtime resistance | 9.33 ± 2.42 | 9.02 ± 2.36 | 1.011 | 0.315 | 9.19 ± 2.29 | 9.18 ± 2.27 | 0.172 | 0.679 |
Sleep onset delay | 1.16 ± 0.43 | 1.17 ± 0.44 | 0.108 | 0.742 | 1.16 ± 0.47 | 1.07 ± 0.26 | 1.019 | 0.315 |
Sleep duration | 3.89 ± 1.22 | 3.84 ± 1.35 | 0.076 | 0.783 | 3.96 ± 1.33 | 3.75 ± 1.08 | 0.715 | 0.399 |
Sleep anxiety | 5.57 ± 1.72 | 5.44 ± 1.55 | 0.377 | 0.540 | 5.42 ± 1.53 | 5.59 ± 1.85 | 0.060 | 0.807 |
Night waking | 3.45 ± 1.58 | 3.21 ± 0.44 | 1.939 | 0.165 | 3.30 ± 0.64 | 3.96 ± 2.92 | 3.548 | 0.062 |
Parasomnias | 8.25 ± 1.33 | 8.05 ± 1.46 | 1.180 | 0.278 | 8.34 ± 1.27 | 8.18 ± 1.01 | 0.017 | 0.898 |
Sleep disordered breathing | 3.22 ± 0.67 | 3.22 ± 0.59 | 0.000 | 0.988 | 3.15 ± 0.39 | 3.25 ± 0.69 | 1.193 | 0.277 |
Daytime sleepiness | 13.33 ± 3.48 | 13.18 ± 3.09 | 0.146 | 0.702 | 13.49 ± 3.39 | 13.80 ± 3.01 | 0.000 | 0.997 |
Total score | 45.11 ± 6.61 | 44.16 ± 5.26 | 1.383 | 0.240 | 45.04 ± 5.89 | 45.71 ± 6.13 | 0.115 | 0.735 |
Data are shown as mean ± standard deviation.
NS = noise sensitivity.