Non-working Days Research Articles

1인가구와 다인가구 미혼자의 전일제임금금로자의 시간사용과 시간부족감에 관한 연구

The purpose of this study was to explore gender differences in time use and time famine of one-person households, compared with multi-person households of full-time paid unmarried workers, and to investigate the determinants of time famine. To achieve such research objectives, the raw data from the 2014 Time Use Survey conducted by the Korea national Statistical Office were used for the research. The analytical methods used in this research were chi-square, t-test, and logistic regression. The results of the research are as follows. Firstly, in both the one-person and multi-person households females spend a significantly longer amount of time on necessary and household work and less time on work and leisure than do males. Secondly, female one-person households spend a significantly longer amount of time on household work and less time on leisure than do male multi-person households. Thirdly, female multi-person households showed the highest level of time famine. Lastly, the working hours, nonworking days, and status of workers were identified as determinants of time famine in both one-person and multi-person unmarried households.

Exploring the Occupational Physical Activity Levels in young Adult Restaurant Servers.

Physical activity (PA) decreases in late adolescence and young adulthood when this age cohort enters the workforce with many being employed in the foodservice industry. Daily energy expenditure can be divided between occupational physical activity (OPA) and leisure-time physical activity (LTPA). Although LTPA is known to be associated with positive health benefits, a limited number of studies have investigated the influence of OPA on LTPA in young restaurant servers. This study measured via accelerometry, OPA and LTPA for a 7-day period from a sample of young adult servers (n = 7, 23-29 years old) from two restaurants. Resting metabolic rate was measured via indirect calorimetry and inputted into the AMP 331 accelerometer for energy expenditure calculations. Energy expenditure patterns were compared to age- and sex-specific normative data, occupational classifications, and the Canadian PA Guidelines to Healthy Active Living (CPAG). Energy expenditure results and step count values were higher for working versus non-working days and working versus non-working periods. Daily, working energy expenditure was approximately equal to normative data, while non-working daily energy expenditure was lower. The working period energy expenditure placed this population in the ‘exceptionally active’ OPA classification. Minimum PA levels, based on CPAG were met each day, however 10,000-steps-per-day were only achieved on working days. None of the participants logged LTPA and therefore 100% of their PA came from OPA. More research is needed over a longer duration and at different times in the year to identify the effect OPA has on LTPA in this population.

Two-Stage Load Profiling of HV Feeders of a Distribution System

This paper describes a two-stage unsupervised clustering based on the g-Means approach, which can employ any partitional or crisp clustering algorithm for load profiling of high-voltage (HV) feeders of a distribution system. The methodology proposed can evaluate number of clusters and its respective members from input data. The outcome of g-Means is dependent on a significance level— $\alpha$ . This paper is based on feeder loading data, which are recorded at a transformer secondary at a distribution substation. Real-life active power data of 33-kV feeders acquired through existing supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system of Central Indian state distribution company have been taken as a case study, as it is being processed for the first time, and hence, no prima facie information regarding the number of clusters or classes was available. The first stage entails checking for the randomness in daily load patterns and to extract month-wise working day (weekday) and nonworking day (holidays/Sundays) patterns. The second stage is based on this outcome, where clustering is performed to group similar patterns into clusters to generate month-wise “typical monthly load profiles”. The results are acceptable and are validated by using appropriate validity indices.

Sleep duration and multimorbidity in Luxembourg: results from the European Health Examination Survey in Luxembourg, 2013–2015

ObjectivesWe estimated the prevalence of short sleep duration and multimorbidity in Luxembourg, and assessed whether sleep duration was associated with multimorbidity after adjusting for sociodemographic and behavioural characteristics.DesignCross-sectional study.ParticipantsData from...

A unified model for diagnosing energy usage abnormalities in regional integrated energy service systems

An integrated energy service company in an industrial park or commercial building is responsible for managing all energy sources in their local region, including electricity, water, gas, heating, and cooling. To reduce energy wastage and increase energy utilization, it is necessary to perform efficiency analyses and diagnoses on integrated energy systems (IESs). However, the integrated energy data necessary for energy efficiency analyses and diagnoses come from a wide variety of instruments, each of which uses different transmission protocols and data formats. This makes it challenging to handle energy-flow data in a unified manner. Thus, we have constructed a unified model for diagnosing energy usage abnormalities in IESs. Using this model, the data are divided into working days and non-working days, and benchmark values are calculated after the data have been weighted to enable unified analysis of several types of energy data. The energy-flow data may then be observed, managed, and compared in all aspects to monitor sudden changes in energy usage and energy wastage. The abnormal data identified and selected by the unified model are then subjected to big-data analysis using technical management tools, enabling the detection of user problems such as abnormalities pertaining to acquisition device, metering, and energy usage. This model facilitates accurate metering of energy data and improves energy efficiency. The study has significant implications in terms of fulfilling the energy saving.

Assessment of psychological stress during sleep using digital devices and its clinical relevance to future occupational health practice

Psychophysiological decompensation as a result of occupational stress leads to impairment of occupational performance. Adequate recovery from psychological stress is necessary to maintain occupational performance. It is possible to measure the psychophysiological status and recovery during sleep with health data streamed from biomedical digital devices. Such data, with reference to heart and sleep parameters, could be processed to reflect health status and whether there is a risk of psychophysiological decompensation. This article describes the interpretation of resting heart rate measures, heart rate variability, and actigraphy measures during regular sleep in relation to psychological stress. Interpretation of the health data should be done by informed health-care professionals in combination with clinical history taking. The article does not cover digital measurements while awake and active. The aim of this review article is to provide an evidence-based rationale to health professionals how to interpret digital health data profiles from biomedical devices in appraising psychological stress and recovery. The objective is to prevent the adverse impact of psychological stress on health. Specific lifestyle measures and therapy to manage psychological stress, such as exercise, diet, and cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, are not discussed in this article. Applications are especially relevant in the field of occupational health in preventing occupational burnout, achieving a healthy work-life balance, and sustaining a healthy working life. There are future implications with regard to disease prevention as a large proportion of chronic diseases, for example, hypertension, diabetes depression, and ischemic heart disease, are related to chronic psychological stress. Stress monitoring with biomedical devices should occur over periods of work and nonwork days.

МЕНТАЛЬНОСТЬ И КУЛЬТУРА, СОХРАНЁННАЯ В ТРАДИЦИОННЫХ ПРАЗДНИКАХ (По этнографическим материалам Аджарии)

The problems with political and socio-religious life have arisen in Adjara, the historical community of Georgia, since the late Middle Ages. The internal development of culture has further deteriorated during the rule of Russians and Communist atheism, when the ideological machine became active, claiming that allegedly „the Adjarian is not Georgian“. This situation could not replace those socio-psychological factors, which ensured the development in accordance with national-ethnic sign. This is also confirmed by discovered ethnographic material on Georgian traditional holidays full of numerous rituals („Kvirikoba“, „Lazaria“, „New Year“, „Shuamtoba“, „Chkvanaroba“, „Kvishinaroba“, „Mareteloba“, „Chalaoba“) (using the comparative method, we apply to the realities reflecting the regularities of the self-consciousness function and ethnic feelings in everyday life and social relations of returnees settled in Ianeti). The results of a complex and ethnohistorical study of new and the latest ethnographic material on the villages of Didachara, Skhalta, Khikhani and Mareti Valley are as follows: 1. Despite the fact that the imposed circumstances brought from another religion established the ethno-national lifestyle in accordance with the developments, the benchmark of national consciousness is not close to the dangerous points in Adjara. Sense of national identity among the deportees after settling in Ianeti was low (they used to say that they are of Meskhetian nationality or Georgian Muslims); 2. From the outset, the Georgian mentality has come to realize that freedom of religion is not only the rights, freedom or declarations, but also the need for preserving the own traditional religious knowledge, fitting it with the imposed belief and responsibilities. Thus, the goal of foreigners to change the mentality made the Georgians even strengthened the will of Georgians to maintain the social and spiritual balance („come to Gamonatlevi, Gonio, Skhalta“, „always remember that Oshki, Tbeti and Khakhuli are our places“); 3. During the Communist regime, they occasionally changed the names of these holidays, and they were celebrated on non-working days established by the Government. They were aimed at maintaining faith and Georgian traditions and customs; 4. The need for holidays is explained by the principles of „awaiting“ and „cause-and-effectiveness“. The approach is as follows: „If you want to have a healthy and prosperous life, you have to be in faith and devote your several days to the service of God“ your several days not regret God“; 5. Religious and folk festivities, along with the strengthening the unity, have been the guarantee of the preservation of a moral and ethical lifestyle that we inherited from our ancestors. The study confirms the full preservation of Georgian mentality in the Mareti Valley

Education and gender gap in couples’ time use: evidence from China

ABSTRACT Using the 2010 China Family Panel Studies data, this article provides new evidence on education and gender gap in time use among Chinese couples. Across urban and rural areas and on both work and non-work days, wives spent much more time on personal and household care, while husbands spent more time on work and leisure/social activities. For urban wives, having the same or higher levels of education than their husbands helped narrow these gender gaps in time use. The results were more mixed for rural couples. These results shed light on policy debates regarding gender inequality in China and beyond.

Assessment of the transfer, persistence, prevalence and recovery of DNA traces from clothing: An inter-laboratory study on worn upper garments

Among the various items recovered from crime scenes or persons involved in a crime event, clothing items are commonly encountered and submitted for forensic DNA sampling. Depending on the case circumstances and the activity-of-interest, sampling of the garment may concentrate on collecting DNA from the wearer, or from one or more offenders who have allegedly contacted the item and/or wearer. Relative to the targeted DNA, background DNA already residing on the item from previous contacts, or transferred during or after the crime event, may also be collected during sampling and observed in the resultant DNA profile. Given our limited understanding of how, and from where, background DNA is derived on clothing, research on the transfer, persistence, prevalence, and recovery (TPPR) of DNA traces from upper garments was conducted by four laboratories. Samples were collected from several areas of two garments, each worn on separate working or non-working days and individually owned by four individuals from each of the four laboratories, and processed from DNA extraction through to profiling. Questionnaires documented activities relating to the garment prior to and during wearing, and reference profiles were obtained from the wearer and their close associates identified in the questionnaire. Among the 448 profiles generated, variation in the DNA quantity, composition of the profiles, and inclusion/exclusion of the wearer and their close associates was observed among the collaborating laboratories, participants, garments worn on different occasions, and garment areas sampled.

Sleep quality and daytime sleepiness among Polish anaesthesiologists and intensivists

PurposeWe aimed to investigate sleep quality (SQ), daytime sleepiness (DS), and their relation with subject- and work-related factors among Polish anaesthesiologists. MethodsThe study group comprised 786 anaesthesiologists. The Sleep Quality Scale (SQS) was applied in order to assess SQ, while excessive DS was evaluated using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). ResultsThe median score on the SQS was 31 (IQR 27–35) points. The median score on the ESS was 17 (IQR 13–20) points, with mild-to-moderate excessive DS found in 260 (33.1%) and severe excessive DS among 478 (60.8%) of those surveyed. Worse SQ was found in females; smokers; those who suffered from any chronic diseases; those who were receiving medication interfering with sleeping habits; those who were unsatisfied with their sleep; those who had a greater number of night shifts; and those who had a lower number of non-working days. A detrimental sleepiness pattern was determined by one's advanced age, the presence of any chronic diseases and lower satisfaction with one's sleep quantity. ConclusionPoor SQ and excessive DS are frequently occurring phenomena. Since sleep disturbances are also related to the nature of their profession, the problem could be reduced by introducing organisational changes at work.

How Accurately Can We Recall Food Timing? A Validity Study of a Novel Food Timing Questionnaire (P18-016-19)

ObjectivesEmerging epidemiological and experimental studies suggest that food timing associates with obesity, weight-loss success, and other adverse cardiometabolic health outcomes. Although anecdotally simple to ascertain, the validity of recalled food timing has not been evaluated against prospectively collected data and current methods do not account for day of the week. Our objective is to validate a novel, recall-based tool, the Eating Pattern Questionnaire (EPQ), aimed at assessing food timing in healthy, free-living populations for work/school days (WD) and non-work days (NWD), against up to 2 weeks of prospectively collected 24-hour food records (FR). MethodsA total of 95 participants (72% female; mean age: 33 ± 11 years) from the ongoing Shift Work, Heredity, Insulin, and Food Timing (SHIFT) Study (ClinicalTrials.gov: #NCT02997319) were included. On the EPQ, participants were asked to indicate whether food/beverages are always/sometimes/never consumed during every hour of a WD and NWD (hourly increments). On FR, participants were instructed by trained nutritionists to indicate type and time of all food/beverage items consumed. Food timing was averaged for WD and NWD separately across all completed FR. Five clock times in hour: minute were derived from the two tools: first/last eating episode and breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Concordance was quantified using Kendall’s correlation of concordance (W). ResultsA higher level of concordance was observed for clock time of first eating episode on WD (W = 0.867) compared to NWD (W = 0.568). Clock times for breakfast, lunch, and dinner had comparable concordance on WD and NWD, with highest concordance observed for lunch (WD: W = 1; NWD: W = 0.886), followed by breakfast (WD: W = 0.759; NWD: W = 0.745) then dinner (WD: W = 0.641; NWD: W = 0.665). Lastly, low concordance was found for clock time of the last eating episode for both WD and NWD (WD: W = 0.220; NWD: W = 0.313). ConclusionsBy comparing clock times estimated from a recall-based questionnaire against prospectively collected food timing data, we observe that individuals may more accurately recall the timing of meals earlier on in the day, particularly on work days, compared to meals later in the evening. These findings provide first insights into the accuracy of food timing data ascertained through self-reported in cohort studies. Funding SourcesNIH-R01DK105072.

A hard day\u2019s night: time use in shift workers

BackgroundDifferences in how shift workers accumulate physical activity (PA) while at work and in leisure time, on days when they are working at night, during the day, or on non-work days, are largely unexplored. The aim of this study was to improve understanding of physical activity patterns in two groups of shift workers, and to measure variations according to their shift schedules.MethodsThis pragmatic pilot study was conducted in two workplaces. Employees in Workplace 1 (n = 10) were required to drive for most of their shift. Workplace 2 was a manufacturing company where most of the employees’ (n = 30) occupational tasks were completed while standing. Use of time was assessed using the adult version of the Multimedia Activity Recall for Children and Adults (MARCA) administered by telephone interview. Three MARCA interviews were conducted with each participant, in order to capture a typical profile of a day-shift day, a night-shift day and a non-work day, using a two-day recall for each interview. Participants were asked to wear the activPAL3™ activity monitor, for 7 consecutive days. Paired and independent t-tests were used to compute significant differences between day-shift, night-shift and non-work days within and between workplaces.ResultsThe total number of days quantified for the MARCA data was 192 days (64 day-shift, 60 night-shift and 68 non-work days). Workplace 2 participants reported more physical activity and less sedentary behaviour on day-shift and night shift days than on non-work days. Time spent in sedentary behaviour was similar on day-shift, night-shift and non-work days in Workplace 1. Workplace 1 participants were more sedentary (p = 0.003) and engaged in more light intensity PA (p = 0.031) on day-shift and night-shift workdays, than those from Workplace 2. Sleep times were lowest on day-shift days.ConclusionAs the occupational tasks for participants in Workplace 2 involved physical activities, the findings do not support the conventional view that shift workers are more sedentary than those who only work during the day. Rather occupational tasks appear to be a more important determinant of physical activity patterns both on work and non-work days than varying shift patterns.

Evaluation of energy-saving effect during the installing process of automated heating stations in educational institutions

The aim of the work is to assess the energy-saving effect after the installation of automated individual heat points that carry out weather regulation of the heating load. The analysis was carried out for 18 educational institutions of the Belgorod region, in which energy service contracts were implemented in 2016. The data of the actual monthly consumption of heat energy during the basic heating season before the implementation of energy-saving measures and data of daily accounting of heat consumption during the two heating seasons after the installation of automated individual heat points were used. The average unit savings for all institutions was 14 per cent. It is established that the greatest value of economy, 20-30%, provides decrease in temperature in buildings to optimum level. Elimination of “overflows” in the autumn-spring period allows to save 5-10% of thermal energy. The decrease in temperature on non-working days is characterized by a small amount of savings, not more than 3%, or its absence.

Exploring the associations between shift work disorder, depression, anxiety and sick leave taken amongst nurses.

This study aimed to evaluate the association between shift work disorder and mental health in hospital-based nurses. Staff completed an online survey comprising demographic questions, the Shift Work Disorder Questionnaire, Patient Health-9 and the General Anxiety Disorder-7 scale. Sick leave data were collected from archival records from the Human Resources Department. Two hundred and two nurses (95% female; age M=35.28years±SD=12) participated (42% of eligible staff). Those at high risk of shift work disorder had higher depression (M=7.54±SD=4.28 vs. M=3.78±SD=3.24; p<0.001) and anxiety (M=5.66±SD=3.82 vs. M=2.83±SD=3.33, p<0.001) compared to those at low risk. Linear regression models showed that being at high risk of shift work disorder was the most significant predictor of depression, explaining 18.8% of the variance in depression (R2 =0.188, adjusted R2 =0.184, F(1, 200)=46.20, p<0.001). Shift work disorder combined with the number of night shifts and alcoholic drinks on non-work days accounted for 49.7% of the variance in anxiety scores (R2 =0.497, adjusted R2 =0.453, F(3, 35)=11.51, p<0.001). Mean sick leave in those with high risk of shift work disorder was 136.17hr (SD=113.11) versus 103.98hr (SD=94.46) in others (p=0.057). Depression and years of shift work accounted for 18.9% of the variance in sick leave taken (R2 =0.189, adjusted R2 =0.180, F(2, 175)=20.36, p<0.001). Shift work disorder is strongly associated with depression and anxiety, providing a potential target to improve mental health in shift workers. Depression, in turn, is a significant contributing factor to sick leave.

Heuristic Bike Optimization Algorithm to Improve Usage Efficiency of the Station-Free Bike Sharing System in Shenzhen, China

Station-free bike sharing systems (BSSs) are a new type of public bike system that has been widely deployed in China since 2017. However, rapid growth has vastly outpaced the immediate demand and overwhelmed many cities around the world. This paper proposes a heuristic bike optimization algorithm (HBOA) to determine the optimal supply and distribution of bikes considering the effect of bicycle cycling. In this approach, the different bike trips with separate bikes can be connected in space and time and converted into a continuous trip chain for a single bike. To improve this cycling efficiency, it is important to properly design the bicycle distribution. Taking Shenzhen as an example, we implement the algorithm with OD matrix data from Mobike and Ofo, the two large bike sharing companies which account for 80% of the shared bike market in Shenzhen, over two days. The HBOA results are as follows. 1) Only one-fifth of the bike supply is needed to meet the current usage demand if the bikes are used efficiently, which means a large number of shared bikes in Shenzhen remain in an idle state for long periods. 2) Although the cycling demand is high in many areas, it does not mean that large numbers of bikes are needed because the continuous inflow caused by the cycling effect of bikes will meet most of the demand by itself. 3) The areas with the highest demands for optimal bikes are residential, followed by industrial, public transportation, official and commercial areas, on both working and non-working days. This algorithm can be an objective basis for city related departments to manage station-free BSSs and be applied to design the layout of bikes in small-scale spatial units to help station-free BSSs operate efficiently and minimize the need to relocate the bikes without reducing the level of user satisfaction.

Objectively Measured Sedentary Time Before and After Transition to Retirement: The Finnish Retirement and Aging Study.

Retirement is associated with an increase in self-reported daily sedentary time, but no longitudinal evidence exists on how objectively measured sedentary time changes during retirement transition. The aim of this study was to compare objectively measured daily and hourly sedentary time before and after retirement and examine whether these changes differ by gender and occupational status. The study population consisted of 478 participants (mean age 63.2 years, standard deviation 1.7, 85% women) from the Finnish Retirement and Aging Study. Sedentary time was measured using a wrist-worn triaxial ActiGraph accelerometer before and after transition to retirement with 1 year interval. Preretirement occupational status was categorized as manual and non-manual. Daily sedentary time was 8 hours 10 minutes in women and 9 hours 49 minutes in men before retirement. Considering all measurement days before and after retirement, daily sedentary time increased in women by 29 minutes (95% confidence interval [CI]: 20 to 38). Especially women retiring from manual occupations showed marked increase in sedentary time (63 minutes, 95% CI: 50 to 77). When only non-working days before retirement were considered, increase in daily sedentary time among women was less marked (16 minutes, 95% CI: 7 to 25). Among men, daily sedentary time did not change in retirement transition (-7 minutes, 95% CI: -26 to 12). Objectively measured sedentary time increases among women and remains at high level among men during the retirement transition. Attention should be paid to reduce daily sedentary time in retiring women and men.

Summary and evaluation on methods of water-intake survey among population

At present, methods of water-intake survey include government, industry, sector statistics data, dietary survey (24 hours dietary recall, dietary record and food frequency questionnaire), fluid intake survey (retrospective fluid-intake questionnaire, 1-5 days 24 hours fluid-intake survey, 7 days 24 hours fluid-intake record), weighing method with the food composition table, weighing method, duplicate portion method and chemical analysis, and so on. The method of 7 days 24 hours fluid-intake record is an internationally recognized and authoritative method for fluid-intake survey with the highest accuracy, which can reflect the differences of fluid intake between working and non-working days, and can obtain detailed data on behaviors and patterns of fluid water, such as the time, types and places of fluid intake. The method of combining weighing method, duplicate portion method and chemical analysis is used to analyze water intake from food with the highest accuracy, which can be used in an extensive range of population and areas, but with high cost and complex operating steps. It is of great practical significance to compare and evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of different methods about water-intake survey, which will be helpful for researchers to choose appropriate methods for water-intake survey to obtain accurate and representative data in various areas, different population, and complex circumstances.

Research on road traffic flow status based on survival analysis

: Based on the data of bayonet and floating car, this paper studies the traffic flow state of the main roads in Shenzhen, analyses the relationship between speed and flow, and establishes a speed-flow model. It studies the characteristics of traffic flow in Shenzhen and the overall distribution of congestion duration. The results demonstrate that there is a strong correlation between flow and speed, which have obvious characteristics of morning and evening peak within a day, and the flow and speed show significant differences between work days and non-work days. As for the congestion duration of each road, they are generally under 16 minutes. Specifically, when the congestion duration is less than 8 minutes, there is a high probability that the congestion state ends; while the congestion lasts more than 10 minutes, the congestion status is less likely to end in a short time. In view of the above analysis, it is recommended that relevant departments strengthen monitoring and control of real-time road traffic so that the traffic environment in Shenzhen can be improved.

Bidirectional associations of sleep with cognitive interference in employees' work days

ObjectivesStudies have reported bidirectional associations of sleep with daily stressors and negative mood. Yet we know little about how sleep is associated with workers' daily cognitive interference, or the experience of off-task and distracting thoughts. This study examined whether nightly sleep was associated with next-day cognitive interference, and vice versa, during workdays and non-work days. DesignDaily telephone interviews. SettingUS information technology workplaces. Participants130 middle-aged employees. MeasurementsOn 8 consecutive days, participants reported the frequency of experiencing off-task and distracting thoughts during the day (0 = never to 4 = very often) and multiple sleep characteristics (bedtimes, wake times, sleep duration, sleep quality, and sleep latency). Covariates included sociodemographic characteristics and work hours. ResultsMultilevel models revealed that, on days following earlier wake times (B = −0.32, P < .01), shorter sleep duration (B = −0.27, P < .01), or poorer sleep quality (B = −0.17, P < .01), participants reported more cognitive interference than usual. That is, waking 19 minutes earlier and sleeping 16 minutes less were associated with one additional point on the cognitive interference scale the next day. With cognitive interference predicting nightly sleep, more same day's cognitive interference was associated with earlier bedtimes (B = −0.19, P < .05) and earlier wake times (B = −0.30, P < .01) than usual. The temporal associations of nightly sleep duration and sleep quality with the following day's cognitive interference were significant on work days, but not on non-work days. ConclusionOur results suggest bidirectional associations between poorer sleep and more cognitive interference, particularly on work days with implications for workday productivity and quality of life.

Acoustic pollution and its incidence in population health along Alejo Lascano Avenue in Jipijapa city – Ecuador

&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This research entitled: "Acoustic pollution and its incidence in population health along Alejo Lascano Avenue in Jipijapa city - Ecuador." The methodology that was used basically was the one of previous observation, the application of different instruments that were used beside tabulation and interpretation of results. Surveys were carried out to determine the knowledge of population about noise pollution and possible effects that this causes in daily life. Monitoring was carried out to measure the decibels caused by noise, they were put through in three different points, in a period of two months (August and September), on working days (Monday and Tuesday) and non-working days (Saturday and Sunday), rush hours in the morning (08H00-08H30), noon (12H00-12H30) and afternoon (17H00-17H30). The highest level of noise in August was presented at midday (12H00-12H30) on Monday 7 at point 1 of Alejo Lascano Ave. Km.1 Puerto Cayo road with a maximum average of 102.5 decibels dB (A) in September the highest noise level was at the same time on Tuesday the 11th at point 2 a maximum average of 103.7 decibels dB (A) was given, these values being higher than permissible in Ecuador, recommended by the TULSMA that is 55 decibels dB (A). Through surveys it was established the possible damages caused by noise pollution in Alejo Lascano Avenue Km.1 Puerto Cayo road in Jipijapa city with physiological and psychological effects. The environmental impact caused by noise is high, causing harmful effects on population such as possible hearing loss, headaches, nervous system alterations, stress that harm human health.&lt;/p&gt;