Short-Communication: Revisiting conclusions of the report titled, "The impact of psychological factors on self-reported sleep disturbance among people living in the vicinity of wind turbines," by Leila Jalali, Mohammad-Reza Nezhad-Ahmadi, Mahmood Gohari, Philip Bigelow, & Stephen McColl, published in environmental research, volume 148, July 2016, 401-410

William K G Palmer

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2016.12.022

Short-Communication: Revisiting conclusions of the report titled, "The impact of psychological factors on self-reported sleep disturbance among people living in the vicinity of wind turbines," by Leila Jalali, Mohammad-Reza Nezhad-Ahmadi, Mahmood Gohari, Philip Bigelow, & Stephen McColl, published in environmental research, volume 148, July 2016, 401-410

Environ Res. 2017 May:155:401-402. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.12.022.

Author

William K G Palmer¹

Affiliation

¹ TRI-LEA-EM, RR 5, 76 Sideroad 33/34, Paisley, ON, Canada N0G 2N0. Electronic address: trileaem@bmts.com.

PMID: 28342524
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.12.022

Abstract

The research report concluded, "It appears that self-reported sleep reported of participants may be associated to the indirect effects of visual and attitudinal cue and concern about property devaluation rather than distance to the nearest WT's or noise as itself." Careful reading of the report shows that the conclusions presented are not supported by the data provided in the report.

Keywords: Acoustic environment; Sleep disruption; Wind turbine.

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MeSH terms

Environment
Humans
Noise
Self Report*
Sleep Wake Disorders / psychology
Wind*