Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study is to reveal the characteristics of indoor physical environments of schools by means of measuring electromagnetic radiation, lighting, noise, temperature, and humidity and to evaluate the relationship between the physical characteristics with the success of students and absence.


Material and Methods: All schools in the Derince region of the city of Kocaeli (n=42) have been included in the survey without selection of a sample and the cross-sectional type of research technique has been employed. For the analysis of the data, correlation analysis (Spearman and Pearson), Mann-Whitney U, and Kruskal Wallis tests have been used.


Results: In schools, the electromagnetic field level was measured as 0.53±0.27 mG, the noise level was 57.43±7.77 dB (schoolyard), and the lighting level was 370.11±95.15 luxury. There has been a statistically significant difference detected between the grade point averages of the sixth grades of the schools that comply with the standards of classroom noise level and those that do not (p=0.039). A negatively significant correlation between the classroom lighting level and grade point averages has been detected (respectively; r -0.498 p 0.011; r -0.548 p 0.021; r -0.563 p 0.004). A negatively significant correlation between the building standards points of the schools and the rate of absence of the students has been detected (r -0.371 p 0.011).


Conclusion: A significant relationship between the indoor physical environment characteristics in schools and the school success has been found.

Keywords: Electromagnetic Fields, Noise, Lighting, School

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Palanbek Yavaş S, Çağlayan Ç. The Effect of Environmental Conditions of Schools on Student Success and Absenteeism. Turk J Pediatr Dis [Internet]. 2022 Jan. 28 [cited 2025 May 25];16(1):18-24. Available from: https://turkjpediatrdis.org/article/view/913