Ambient sound levels in a state psychiatric hospital
Ambient sound levels in a state psychiatric hospital
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DOI：
10.1016/s0883-9417(99)80042-9
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发表时间：
1999-06-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Coon, S
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文献类型：
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作者：
Holmberg, SK;Coon, S
较高的环境和社会心理压力会导致主要精神疾病的发作和复发。综合医院中的高声级很常见，并且由于身体的生理压力增加可能间接地与负面的身体影响相关。过多的声音也会干扰认知功能，尤其是影响前额皮质过程，但没有关于精神病院声音水平的信息。这项研究严格审查了有关声音压力的文献，并报告了三级精神病院声音水平探索性研究的结果。总体平均声级为 75.68 分贝，峰值声级高达 85 至 90 分贝，处于导致听力损失的范围内。这些水平高于内科、外科和重症监护病房的声音水平，表明需要更多地关注环境声音对因急性精神症状住院的患者行为的影响。版权所有 (C) 1999 W.B.桑德斯公司。
High environmental and psychosocial stress contribute to the onset and relapse of major psychiatric disorders. High sound levels in general hospitals are common and may be indirectly associated with negative physical effects because of increased physiological stress on the body. Excessive sound also interferes with cognitive functioning, especially affecting prefrontal cortical processes, but no information about sound levels in psychiatric hospitals was available. This study critically examines literature on sound stress and reports findings from an exploratory study of sound levels in a tertiary care psychiatric hospital. An overall mean sound level of 75.68 dB was found, with peak sound levels as high as 85 to 90 dB, in the range that causes hearing loss. These levels, higher than sound levels on medical, surgical, and intensive care units, suggest the need for more attention to the effect that environmental sound has on the behavior of patients hospitalized with acute psychiatric symptoms. Copyright (C) 1999 by W.B. Saunders Company.