Road Traffic Noise Annoyance and Psychological Effects in Zürich

Data from 354 healthy adults analyzed for a 2023 study on the effects of 30-minute walks in forests and urban built environments in Zürich, Switzerland. The study measured road traffic noise annoyance, repetitive negative thinking, and nature connectedness. The dataset was published by Julia Schaupp under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between road traffic noise levels and self-reported annoyance based on the described experimental settings.
• Comparing psychological outcomes (repetitive negative thinking, nature relatedness) between forest and urban walks as described in the study.
• Investigating the role of relative quiet time intervals on perceived noise annoyance as highlighted in the results.

Strengths

• Dataset is based on a registered clinical trial (ISRCTN48943261) with a clearly defined protocol.
• Includes data from 354 participants, providing a substantive sample size for analysis.
• Explicitly accounts for road traffic noise as a confounder, aiming to isolate environmental effects.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The 5.5 KB file size suggests a very limited scope, likely containing only summary or key results.

Provenance

Source

Julia Schaupp via figshare.

Collection Method

Data collected from a controlled experiment where participants took 30-minute walks in different environments in Zürich.

Time Range

Study registered in November 2023.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 17:23:35; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Zürich, Switzerland.