Seatbelt non-use and car crash injury: an interview study.
Traffic Inj Prev
; 6(2): 117-9, 2005 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-16019396
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To examine the relationship between seatbelt non-use at the time of a crash, habitual non-use of seatbelts, and car crash injury; and to calculate the population attributable risk for car crash injury due to seatbelt non-use.METHODS:
A population-based case control, interview study in Auckland, New Zealand, with 571 injured or killed drivers as cases and 588 population-based controls randomly selected from the driving population.RESULTS:
Unbelted drivers had 10 times the risk of involvement in an injury crash compared to belted drivers after adjustment for multiple confounders. Habitual non-users were likely to be unbelted when involved in a crash. The population attributable risk for seatbelt non-use was 13%.CONCLUSIONS:
Non-use of seatbelts is very strongly associated with increased injury crash involvement. Even where seatbelt use rates are higher than 90%, there remains a small group of habitual non-users who are at high risk; these drivers may benefit from targeted interventions.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Cinturones de Seguridad
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Heridas y Lesiones
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Accidentes de Tránsito
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Traffic Inj Prev
Asunto de la revista:
TRAUMATOLOGIA
Año:
2005
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Australia