Effects of industrial wind turbine noise on sleep and health.

Industrial wind turbines (IWTs) are a new source of noise in previously quiet rural environments. Environmental noise is a public health concern, of which sleep disruption is a major factor. To compare sleep and general health outcomes between participants living close to IWTs and those living further away from them, participants living between 375 and 1400 m (n = 38) and 3.

The brief fatigue inventory: comparison of data collection using a novel audio device with conventional paper questionnaire.

An Electronic Portable Information Collection audio device (EPIC-Vox) has been developed to deliver questionnaires in spoken word format via headphones. Patients respond by pressing buttons on the device. The aims of this study were to determine limits of agreement between, and test-retest reliability of audio (A) and paper (P) versions of the Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI).

Practicality of the Sleepstrip in postal screening for obstructive sleep apnoea.

The SleepStrip, a disposable screening device for the detection of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), which displays an estimated apnoea-hypopnoea index (AHISS) was posted, with instructions, to 48 patients referred for sleep study for suspected OSA. The patients subsequently underwent a cardiorespiratory sleep study from which the AHIE was derived. Thirty patients (63%) returned the SleepStrip, the device displayed an AHISS in 22 patients (73%), of which 17 (57%) was deemed valid by the device.