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The Association between Mobile Phone Use and Severe Traffic Injuries: A Case-Control Study from Saudi Arabia
Road traffic injury (RTI) is the third leading cause of death in Saudi Arabia. Using a mobile phone when driving is associated with distracted driving, which may result in RTIs. Because of limited empirical data, we investigated the association between mobile phone use and RTI in injured patients an...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6695828/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31362446 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16152706 |
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author | Alghnam, Suliman Towhari, Jawaher Alkelya, Mohamed Alsaif, Ahmad Alrowaily, Mohamed Alrabeeah, Fawaz Albabtain, Ibrahim |
author_facet | Alghnam, Suliman Towhari, Jawaher Alkelya, Mohamed Alsaif, Ahmad Alrowaily, Mohamed Alrabeeah, Fawaz Albabtain, Ibrahim |
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description | Road traffic injury (RTI) is the third leading cause of death in Saudi Arabia. Using a mobile phone when driving is associated with distracted driving, which may result in RTIs. Because of limited empirical data, we investigated the association between mobile phone use and RTI in injured patients and community controls in Riyadh. Cases were patients admitted to King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC) between October 2016 and March 2018 due to RTIs. During admission, mobile phone use at the time of the accident was investigated. The controls were drivers observed at various locations citywide. A logistic regression model was constructed to estimate the association between mobile phone use while driving and sustaining RTIs. We included 318 cases and 1700 controls. For the cases, using a mobile phone was associated with higher severity and prevalence of disability. In addition, using a mobile phone while driving is associated with 44% higher odds of incurring a severe RTI (p = 0.04). Mobile phone use while driving is prevalent in Riyadh and pose a significant threat of disability. In addition, the low prevalence of seatbelt use is alarming and requires significant improvement. Prevention programs may use these findings to educate the public and policymakers and to advocate for increased visibility of enforcement to reduce RTIs and improve population health. |
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spelling | pubmed-66958282019-09-05 The Association between Mobile Phone Use and Severe Traffic Injuries: A Case-Control Study from Saudi Arabia Alghnam, Suliman Towhari, Jawaher Alkelya, Mohamed Alsaif, Ahmad Alrowaily, Mohamed Alrabeeah, Fawaz Albabtain, Ibrahim Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Road traffic injury (RTI) is the third leading cause of death in Saudi Arabia. Using a mobile phone when driving is associated with distracted driving, which may result in RTIs. Because of limited empirical data, we investigated the association between mobile phone use and RTI in injured patients and community controls in Riyadh. Cases were patients admitted to King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC) between October 2016 and March 2018 due to RTIs. During admission, mobile phone use at the time of the accident was investigated. The controls were drivers observed at various locations citywide. A logistic regression model was constructed to estimate the association between mobile phone use while driving and sustaining RTIs. We included 318 cases and 1700 controls. For the cases, using a mobile phone was associated with higher severity and prevalence of disability. In addition, using a mobile phone while driving is associated with 44% higher odds of incurring a severe RTI (p = 0.04). Mobile phone use while driving is prevalent in Riyadh and pose a significant threat of disability. In addition, the low prevalence of seatbelt use is alarming and requires significant improvement. Prevention programs may use these findings to educate the public and policymakers and to advocate for increased visibility of enforcement to reduce RTIs and improve population health. MDPI 2019-07-29 2019-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6695828/ /pubmed/31362446 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16152706 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Alghnam, Suliman Towhari, Jawaher Alkelya, Mohamed Alsaif, Ahmad Alrowaily, Mohamed Alrabeeah, Fawaz Albabtain, Ibrahim The Association between Mobile Phone Use and Severe Traffic Injuries: A Case-Control Study from Saudi Arabia |
title | The Association between Mobile Phone Use and Severe Traffic Injuries: A Case-Control Study from Saudi Arabia |
title_full | The Association between Mobile Phone Use and Severe Traffic Injuries: A Case-Control Study from Saudi Arabia |
title_fullStr | The Association between Mobile Phone Use and Severe Traffic Injuries: A Case-Control Study from Saudi Arabia |
title_full_unstemmed | The Association between Mobile Phone Use and Severe Traffic Injuries: A Case-Control Study from Saudi Arabia |
title_short | The Association between Mobile Phone Use and Severe Traffic Injuries: A Case-Control Study from Saudi Arabia |
title_sort | association between mobile phone use and severe traffic injuries: a case-control study from saudi arabia |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6695828/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31362446 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16152706 |
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