Determination of Ambient Noise Levels in the Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Units and Adult Ward of the Makati Medical Center

ABSTRACT Objective: To measure the levels of environmental noise in the medical intensive care unit, surgical intensive care unit, and adult ward of the Makati Medical Center for the morning, afternoon, and evening shifts, on weekdays and weekends, and to compare noise levels across shifts, and...

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Autores principales:	Jacquelyn Chan-Zamora, Joseph Richard Ray Cedeño, Patricio Guzman, Jomar Bigalbal
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Publicado:	Philippine Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Inc. 2021
Materias:	noise decibel hospital sound occupational occupational exposure/analysis Otorhinolaryngology RF1-547
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:40e90fadc8e34c45843d3c8e066966f62021-11-15T21:14:43ZDetermination of Ambient Noise Levels in the Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Units and Adult Ward of the Makati Medical Center1908-48892094-1501https://doaj.org/article/40e90fadc8e34c45843d3c8e066966f62021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://pjohns.pso-hns.org/index.php/pjohns/article/view/1795https://doaj.org/toc/1908-4889https://doaj.org/toc/2094-1501 ABSTRACT Objective: To measure the levels of environmental noise in the medical intensive care unit, surgical intensive care unit, and adult ward of the Makati Medical Center for the morning, afternoon, and evening shifts, on weekdays and weekends, and to compare noise levels across shifts, and between weekdays and weekends. Methods: Design: Environmental Noise Survey Setting: Tertiary Private Training Hospital Participants: None Results: The overall mean environment noise levels in all the areas surveyed (medical intensive care unit, surgical intensive care unit and adult ward) exceeded World Health Organization recommendations by more than 20 dB across different working shifts on both weekdays and weekends. There was no significant difference in noise levels between weekdays and weekends across shifts in all areas, except for the afternoon shift in the Medical ICU. Using Repeated Measures ANOVA, results showed that there is no sufficient evidence to conclude that at least one shift has significantly different mean noise level in any of the 3 areas (MICU: F(2)=4.73, p-value=.1124; SICU: F(2)=7.91, p-value=.0540; WARD: F(2)=2.73, p-value=.1948) Conclusion: The overall environmental noise levels in the different areas of MICU, SICU and Adult ward exceeded the WHO recommendation. It is recommended that a change in strategy is needed for prevention of environmental noise, setting guidelines and policies to assure quality health care and noise control. Further investigations to ascertain exact sources may give rise to feasible solutions. Jacquelyn Chan-ZamoraJoseph Richard Ray CedeñoPatricio GuzmanJomar BigalbalPhilippine Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Inc.articlenoisedecibelhospitalsoundoccupationaloccupational exposure/analysisOtorhinolaryngologyRF1-547ENPhilippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Vol 36, Iss 2 (2021)
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spellingShingle	noise decibel hospital sound occupational occupational exposure/analysis Otorhinolaryngology RF1-547 Jacquelyn Chan-Zamora Joseph Richard Ray Cedeño Patricio Guzman Jomar Bigalbal Determination of Ambient Noise Levels in the Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Units and Adult Ward of the Makati Medical Center
description	ABSTRACT Objective: To measure the levels of environmental noise in the medical intensive care unit, surgical intensive care unit, and adult ward of the Makati Medical Center for the morning, afternoon, and evening shifts, on weekdays and weekends, and to compare noise levels across shifts, and between weekdays and weekends. Methods: Design: Environmental Noise Survey Setting: Tertiary Private Training Hospital Participants: None Results: The overall mean environment noise levels in all the areas surveyed (medical intensive care unit, surgical intensive care unit and adult ward) exceeded World Health Organization recommendations by more than 20 dB across different working shifts on both weekdays and weekends. There was no significant difference in noise levels between weekdays and weekends across shifts in all areas, except for the afternoon shift in the Medical ICU. Using Repeated Measures ANOVA, results showed that there is no sufficient evidence to conclude that at least one shift has significantly different mean noise level in any of the 3 areas (MICU: F(2)=4.73, p-value=.1124; SICU: F(2)=7.91, p-value=.0540; WARD: F(2)=2.73, p-value=.1948) Conclusion: The overall environmental noise levels in the different areas of MICU, SICU and Adult ward exceeded the WHO recommendation. It is recommended that a change in strategy is needed for prevention of environmental noise, setting guidelines and policies to assure quality health care and noise control. Further investigations to ascertain exact sources may give rise to feasible solutions.
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author	Jacquelyn Chan-Zamora Joseph Richard Ray Cedeño Patricio Guzman Jomar Bigalbal
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title	Determination of Ambient Noise Levels in the Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Units and Adult Ward of the Makati Medical Center
title_short	Determination of Ambient Noise Levels in the Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Units and Adult Ward of the Makati Medical Center
title_full	Determination of Ambient Noise Levels in the Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Units and Adult Ward of the Makati Medical Center
title_fullStr	Determination of Ambient Noise Levels in the Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Units and Adult Ward of the Makati Medical Center
title_full_unstemmed	Determination of Ambient Noise Levels in the Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Units and Adult Ward of the Makati Medical Center
title_sort	determination of ambient noise levels in the medical and surgical intensive care units and adult ward of the makati medical center
publisher	Philippine Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Inc.
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/40e90fadc8e34c45843d3c8e066966f6
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Determination of Ambient Noise Levels in the Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Units and Adult Ward of the Makati Medical Center

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