• Iffat Atif

• Adeela Mustafa

• Ishaq Ahmed

• Farah Rashid

• Mohsin Javaid

• Shahroz Saud Ahmed

• Muhammad Ausaf Saleem

• Waqas Ahmed

تلخیص

Objective: To determine noise related health issues prevailing in the residents of high traffic flow areas of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Study Design: Cross sectional study. th Place and Duration of Study: High traffic flow residential areas of Rawalpindi and Islamabad from 15 May to th 18 October, 2015. th th Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out from 15 May to 18 October, 2015. A total of 352 respondents in the age group 25-65 years from high traffic flow residential areas of Rawalpindi and Islamabad were selected through non-probability convenience sampling technique. A structured closed ended questionnaire was administered and the collected data was analyzed through SPSS version 22. Results: Among the various findings of our study, difficulty in sleeping was a significant problem (87%), irrespective of the age of respondents. The annoyance (69%), stress (63.4%), easy fatigability (61.4%) and poor digestion (60.5%) were also significant predicaments owing to excessive noise exposure. The residents complained that noise was interfering with their speech (58.2%) and reducing their productivity leading to difficulty in concentrating on a task (55.1%) and reduced task performance (52.3%). Conclusion: The current study revealed that there are certain health issues attributed to noise, posing a major threat to the health of community and gradually worsening the burden of non-communicable diseases.

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