ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Environmental Health and Exposome
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1594917
This article is part of the Research TopicEnvironmental degradation, health, and socioeconomic impactsView all 12 articles
Can exercise regulate the relationship between noise pollution and the perception of physical and mental health among Chinese adults? An empirical study based on CGSS 2021
Provisionally accepted
- 1Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, Shandong, China
- 2Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China
- 3China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
- 4Perdana University, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Objective: To explore the relationship between noise pollution, exercise, and the perception of physical and mental health among Chinese adults, to test the moderating effect of exercise on the relationship between noise pollution and physical and mental health perception, and to provide a basis for the formulation of environmental health policies and public health policies. Methods: Using 2717 data points from the 2021 China General Social Survey (CGSS), data analysis was conducted using SPSS 25.0, Stata 12.0 software, and GraphPad Prism 8 software. The Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, contingency table χ2 test, multiple linear regression analysis, binary Logistic regression analysis, and Generalized Linear Model (GLM) were employed. Results: The average age of the subjects was 52.04±17.64 years, including 54.8% women. After controlling for related confounding factors, the high noise pollution perception group had lower perception of physical health (PPH; β=-0.135, 95%CI=-0.231~-0.039, P<0.01) and perception of mental health (PMH; β=-0.151, 95%CI=-0.240~-0.062, P<0.01). The regular exercise group had higher PPH (β=0.224, 95%CI=0.146~0.342, P<0.01), PMH (β=0.093, 95%CI= 0.001~0.184, P<0.01), and perception of physical and mental health (PPMH; β=0.236, 95%CI=0.137~0.334, P<0.01). Exercise has a significant moderating effect on the relationship between noise pollution and physical and mental health perception (P<0.05), with regular exercisers generally having higher PPH, PMH, and PPMH. Conclusion: The high noise pollution perception group has lower physical and mental health perception; the regular exercise group has higher physical and mental health perception. Regular exercise can counteract the lower physical and mental health perception caused by higher noise pollution.
Keywords: noise pollution, Exercise, physical and mental health, China, Moderating effect
Received: 17 Mar 2025; Accepted: 26 May 2025.
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* Correspondence: Peng Shi, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, 255049, Shandong, China
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