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Relationship between using cell phone and the risk of accident with motor vehicles: An analytical cross-sectional study

Relationship between using cell phone and the risk of accident with motor vehicles: An analytical cross-sectional study

Authors :
Mohammad Kogani
Seyed Ahmad Almasi
Alireza Ansari-Mogaddam
Sahar Dalvand
Hassan Okati-Aliabad
Seyed Mehdi Tabatabaee
Seyedeh Zeinab Almasi
Source :
Chinese Journal of Traumatology, Vol 23, Iss 6, Pp 319-323 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Elsevier, 2020.

Abstract

Purpose: Traffic accidents are one of the major health problems in the world, being the first cause of burden of illness and the second leading cause of death in Iran. The Sistan-Baluchestan province is one of the most accidental provinces of Iran with the highest rate of accidents-caused deaths. This study was conducted to determine the risk factors associated with traffic accidents in Zahedan through 2013 to 2016. Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study was carried out on 223 drivers from Zahedan who were traumatized by traffic accident and sent to Zahedan hospitals. The data were obtained through interviews taken by the trained interviewers via refereeing to the medical records and collected in the researcher-made checklist. Census was obtained from the study subjects. For data analysis, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Chi-square and logistic regression were used with the Stata software version 11.0. Results: In this study, 223 male subjects with the mean age of (32.54 ± 12.95) years, 39.8% single and 60.2% married, entered for investigation. Most accidents (38.8%) occurred between 12:00 to 17:59. While driving, 47.1% of the study subjects were using cell phones, 89.1% had manual use of mobile phones, 21.9% had a habit of sending short message service (SMS) and 23.4% had sent SMS within 10 min before the accident. The one way analysis of variance showed that the mean age of individuals with marital status, driving experience, education and accident with motorcycle were significantly different (p

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10081275
Volume :
23
Issue :
6
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Chinese Journal of Traumatology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.5c5bf5bef9ab4fbf9b0c719e11cf78c3
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjtee.2020.08.002