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Title: | Safety belt and mobile phone usage in vehicles in Barcelona (Spain) |
Author: | Martínez Sánchez, Jose M. Curto, Ariadna Fu Balboa, Marcela Martínez Martínez, Cristina Sureda, Xisca Ballbè i Gibernau, Montse Fernández Muñoz, Esteve |
Keywords: | Accidents de trànsit Telèfon mòbil Traffic accidents Cell phones |
Issue Date: | Aug-2014 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Abstract: | OBJECTIVES: To describe the prevalence and correlates of safety belt and mobile phone usage in vehicles in the city of Barcelona (Spain). METHODS: We performed a study using direct observation with a cross-sectional design. We selected 2,442 private cars, commercial vehicles, and taxis from all districts of Barcelona. RESULTS: The prevalence of people not wearing safety belt was 10.5% among drivers, 4.6% among front seat passengers, and 32.2% among some of the rear passengers. It was higher among the passengers than among the drivers, regardless of the type of the vehicle. The prevalence of mobile phone usage while driving during a moment of the trip was 3.8%. CONCLUSION: Our study shows noticeably high prevalence of people not wearing safety belt in the rear seats. Moreover, four out of one hundred drivers still use the mobile phone while driving during a moment of the trip. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2014.01.002 |
It is part of: | Gaceta Sanitaria, 2014, vol. 28, num. 4, p. 305-308 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/124343 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2014.01.002 |
ISSN: | 0213-9111 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Ciències Clíniques) Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) |
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