Determination of indoor disturbance level using noise monitoring deviceat Jeli hospital

An investigation related with noise pollution that could cause negative impacts on patients was carried out in Jeli Hospital, Kelantan. Noise can affect human health and well-being in a number of ways, including annoyance reaction, sleep disturbance, interference with communication, performance effects on social behavior and hearing loss. This study aimed to determine the noise level in Jeli Hospital, to compare noise levels of selected ward with WHO standards. Sound levels were recorded at three different wards. Every readings of noise level were recorded in decibel, dB(A) for two hours at five minutes interval, during day time and night time which is morning, evening and night. The average of noise level in the study areas were between 48.9 dB(A) to 62.5 dB(A) exceeding the recommended value by WHO which is 35-40 dB(A) during day and night time. The result of one-way ANOVA test that had been carried out on the dependent variable average noise showed a statistically significant differences with value F(2,24) = 15.407, p =0 .000.