Rohollah Fallah Madvari1, Hamideh Bidel2, Ahmad Mehri3, Fatema Babaee4, Fereydoon Laal5,*
Sound & Vibration, Vol.58, pp. 119-131, 2024, DOI:10.32604/sv.2024.048861
Abstract Noise is one of the environmental factors with mental and physical effects. The workload is also the multiple mental and physical demands of the task. Therefore, his study investigated the relationship between noise exposure and mood states at different levels of workload. The study recruited 50 workers from the manufacturing sector (blue-collar workers) as the exposed group and 50 workers from the office sector (white-collar workers) as the control group. Their occupational noise exposure was measured by dosimetry. The Stress-Arousal Checklist (SACL) and the NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) were used to measure mood and workload, respectively. The equivalent noise… More >
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