@article {Welch:2016:0736-2935:5003,
title = "Health-Related Quality of Life is Impacted by Proximity to an Airport in Noise Sensitive People",
journal = "INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings",
parent_itemid = "infobike://ince/incecp",
publishercode ="ince",
year = "2016",
volume = "253",
number = "3",
publication date ="2016-08-21T00:00:00",
pages = "5003-5010",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0736-2935",
url = "https://ince.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/ince/incecp/2016/00000253/00000003/art00019",
author = "Welch, David and Shepherd, Daniel and McBride, David",
abstract = "The health-related quality of life of people in two socioeconomically matched areas of Wellington city (New Zealand) was assessed in 2012 and 2015 using the World Health Organisation instrument (WHOQoL-Bref). One area was very close to Wellington International Airport and the other
was distant from the airport and other major sources of noise such as motorways, railways, etc. Noise sensitivity was self-rated on a three-point scale: non-noise-sensitive, moderately noise-sensitive, or highly noise-sensitive. Noise-sensitive people had significantly poorer health-related
quality of life than others when they lived near an airport but not when they lived in the control area. The same effect was present at both the time points assessed suggesting that it is a general finding. Furthermore, this finding with noise due to aeroplanes parallels our previous findings
in people dwelling near motorways",
}