Validating the Turkish version of the Weinstein noise sensitivity scale: effects of age, sex, and education level

Authors

MELİS KESKİN YILDIZ
YUSUF KEMAL KEMALOĞLU
YETKİN TUAÇ
GÜVEN MENGÜ
RECEP KARAMERT
ÇAĞIL GÖKDOĞAN

DOI

10.3906/sag-1908-44

Abstract

Background/aim: Subjective noise sensitivity (SNS) is not only one of the most important predictors of perceived noise annoyance for the subjects exposed to the noise, but also strongly related with some psychological conditions and poor health perception of the subjects. Weinstein's Noise Sensitivity Scale (WNSS) is widely used for measuring of SNS. Materials and methods: In this study we adapted WNSS to Turkish (Tr-WNSS) and evaluated its psychometric properties and effect of age, sex and education level on SNS. Results: The study included 105 males and 105 female subjects between 18 and 55 years of age. Conclusion: Our data demonstrated that Tr-WNSS was a reliable, valid, and invariant scale for the Turkish population, and not affected by sex, age and education level.

Keywords

Noise annoyance, noise sensitivity, questionnaire survey, Weinstein's noise sensitivity scale

First Page

894

Last Page

901

Recommended Citation

YILDIZ, MELİS KESKİN; KEMALOĞLU, YUSUF KEMAL; TUAÇ, YETKİN; MENGÜ, GÜVEN; KARAMERT, RECEP; and GÖKDOĞAN, ÇAĞIL (2020) "Validating the Turkish version of the Weinstein noise sensitivity scale: effects of age, sex, and education level," Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 50: No. 4, Article 33. https://doi.org/10.3906/sag-1908-44
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol50/iss4/33