Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Sleep Study

Running, not enrolling

Conditions studied: Noise Exposure

In brief

This observational study will examine the relationship between aircraft noise exposure in the bedroom and objectively assessed sleep disturbance. Surveys will be mailed to randomly selected households around selected airports to recruit individuals for a 5 night in-home sleep study. Eligible survey respondents interested in participating in the sleep study will record nighttime indoor sounds using a portable audio recorder and wear a small device that collects heart rate and movement data for 5 consecutive nights. They will also complete brief morning questionnaires about their previous night's sleep and their sleep quality and a participant characteristics questionnaire. Collected data will be used to create an exposure-response model between aircraft noise exposure and sleep disturbance.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05035940

Run by

University of Pennsylvania

People needed

401

Starts

2021-09-07

Expected to finish

2026-10-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-23

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects must currently live in a residence exposed to relevant levels of nocturnal aircraft traffic and have received a recruitment survey in the mail.
• Only one subject per household will be eligible, selected pseudo-randomly as the person in the household who most recently celebrated a birthday.
• In order to be eligible to participate in the in-home study, participants must have completed and returned the recruitment postal survey that was sent to their residence.

You may not qualify if…

• Survey respondents interested in participating in the in-home sleep study are ineligible to participate if they:
• are less than 21 years of age;
• have a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than 35 kg/m2 or less than 17 kg/m2;
• have been diagnosed with a sleep disorder, including obstructive or central sleep apnea, narcolepsy, restless legs syndrome, or periodic limb movement syndrome;
• frequently (3 or more times per week) use prescription or over the counter medication to aid sleep;
• have a hearing impairment;
• have a cardiac arrhythmia;
• work night shifts (defined as working for at least 4 hours between 00:00 to 06:00);
• have dependents that frequently require care during the night;
• are pregnant;
• previously participated in one of the pilot studies performed at Philadelphia airport or Atlanta airport; or
• habitually use earplugs or play back sounds in the bedroom that could mask aircraft noise.

Where it is running

• University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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