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Can Age or Height Define Appropriate Thresholds for Transition to Adult Seat Belts? An Analysis of Observed Seat Belt Fit in Children Aged 7–12 Years

This study aimed to investigate associations between demographic, anthropometric and vehicle factors and the fit of adult seat belts in children aged 7–12 years in passenger vehicles. Seat belt fit was assessed by inspection of 7–12-year-old children in their own cars. Logistic regressions examined...

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Autores principales: Parab, Anvay, Whyte, Tom, Albanese, Bianca, Bilston, Lynne, Koppel, Sjaan, Charlton, Judith L., Olivier, Jake, Keay, Lisa, Brown, Julie
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8835682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35162545
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031524
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author Parab, Anvay
Whyte, Tom
Albanese, Bianca
Bilston, Lynne
Koppel, Sjaan
Charlton, Judith L.
Olivier, Jake
Keay, Lisa
Brown, Julie
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Whyte, Tom
Albanese, Bianca
Bilston, Lynne
Koppel, Sjaan
Charlton, Judith L.
Olivier, Jake
Keay, Lisa
Brown, Julie
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description This study aimed to investigate associations between demographic, anthropometric and vehicle factors and the fit of adult seat belts in children aged 7–12 years in passenger vehicles. Seat belt fit was assessed by inspection of 7–12-year-old children in their own cars. Logistic regressions examined associations between anthropometric and vehicle factors on achieving good seat belt fit. There were 40 participants included in the analysis, with 16 (40%) having good overall belt fit. The odds of achieving good overall seat belt fit increased by 15% (OR 1.15, 95% CI 1.04–1.27) with every centimeter increase in height and increased by 5% with every one-month increase in age (OR 1.045, 95% CI 1.001–1.10). Controlling for vehicle factors, neither age or height was significantly associated with overall good belt fit, and the discriminatory power of models including these metrics to predict good belt fit was 73% (AUC 0.73, 95% CI 0.55–0.91) and 74% (AUC 0.74, 95% CI 0.58–0.91). The results suggest that taller and older children have a better chance of achieving a good seat belt fit. However, with variations in seat geometry between vehicles, no single simple metric clearly defines an appropriate transition to the adult seat belt.
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spelling pubmed-88356822022-02-12 Can Age or Height Define Appropriate Thresholds for Transition to Adult Seat Belts? An Analysis of Observed Seat Belt Fit in Children Aged 7–12 Years Parab, Anvay Whyte, Tom Albanese, Bianca Bilston, Lynne Koppel, Sjaan Charlton, Judith L. Olivier, Jake Keay, Lisa Brown, Julie Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study aimed to investigate associations between demographic, anthropometric and vehicle factors and the fit of adult seat belts in children aged 7–12 years in passenger vehicles. Seat belt fit was assessed by inspection of 7–12-year-old children in their own cars. Logistic regressions examined associations between anthropometric and vehicle factors on achieving good seat belt fit. There were 40 participants included in the analysis, with 16 (40%) having good overall belt fit. The odds of achieving good overall seat belt fit increased by 15% (OR 1.15, 95% CI 1.04–1.27) with every centimeter increase in height and increased by 5% with every one-month increase in age (OR 1.045, 95% CI 1.001–1.10). Controlling for vehicle factors, neither age or height was significantly associated with overall good belt fit, and the discriminatory power of models including these metrics to predict good belt fit was 73% (AUC 0.73, 95% CI 0.55–0.91) and 74% (AUC 0.74, 95% CI 0.58–0.91). The results suggest that taller and older children have a better chance of achieving a good seat belt fit. However, with variations in seat geometry between vehicles, no single simple metric clearly defines an appropriate transition to the adult seat belt. MDPI 2022-01-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8835682/ /pubmed/35162545 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031524 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Keay, Lisa
Brown, Julie
Can Age or Height Define Appropriate Thresholds for Transition to Adult Seat Belts? An Analysis of Observed Seat Belt Fit in Children Aged 7–12 Years
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title_fullStr Can Age or Height Define Appropriate Thresholds for Transition to Adult Seat Belts? An Analysis of Observed Seat Belt Fit in Children Aged 7–12 Years
title_full_unstemmed Can Age or Height Define Appropriate Thresholds for Transition to Adult Seat Belts? An Analysis of Observed Seat Belt Fit in Children Aged 7–12 Years
title_short Can Age or Height Define Appropriate Thresholds for Transition to Adult Seat Belts? An Analysis of Observed Seat Belt Fit in Children Aged 7–12 Years
title_sort can age or height define appropriate thresholds for transition to adult seat belts? an analysis of observed seat belt fit in children aged 7–12 years
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031524
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