Gema Lingkungan Kesehatan
Vol. 23 No. 2 (2025): Gema Lingkungan Kesehatan

Impact of Traffic Noise with Blood Pressure and Occupational Fatigue

Juherah Juherah (Department of Environmental Health, Poltekkes Kemenkes Makassar, Makassar, Indonesia)
Iwan Suryadi (Department of Environmental Health, Poltekkes Kemenkes Makassar, Makassar, Indonesia)
Siti Rachmawati (Departement of Environmental Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia)
Nurlaila Fitriani (Departement of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
07 May 2025

Abstract

Noise can cause nuisance and significantly threaten people's health and well-being. This study aims to find the relationship between noise exposure with blood pressure and stress of traffic helper volunteers in Makassar City.  This study employed an analytic observational design with a cross-sectional approach. A total of 80 respondents were selected using purposive sampling technique. Traffic noise was measured using a sound level meter, blood pressure was measured using a tension meter and work stress was measured using a work stress questionnaire adapted from Permenaker No. 5/2018. Questions relating to sociodemographic information were also distributed for individual characteristic data. The results showed there was a significant influence between noise intensity and systolic blood pressure (p value = 0.001; r = 0.329), also with diastolic blood pressure (p value = 0.02; r = 0.230), noise also affects fatigue (p value = 0.016; r = 0.238), the value of r on the strength of the correlation shows a fairly strong correlation. Thus, exposure to traffic noise is associated with a high risk of blood pressure and fatigue.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

gelinkes

Publisher

Subject

Environmental Science Health Professions Immunology & microbiology Public Health

Description

Jurnal GEMA Lingkungan Kesehatan [e-ISSN: 2407-8948 | DOI: 10.36568] is a journal aims to be a leading peer-reviewed platform and an authoritative source of information. We publish original research papers, review articles and case studies focused on environmental health or public health as well as ...