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Risks of Accidents Caused by the Use of Smartphone by Pedestrians Are Task- and Environment-Dependent

Using smartphones during a task that requires an upright posture can be detrimental for the overall motor performance. The aim of this study was to determine the risks of accidents caused by the use of smartphones by pedestrians while walking in a controlled (laboratory) and a non-controlled (public...

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Autores principales: Sobrinho-Junior, Sidney Afonso, de Almeida, Azriel Cancian Nepomuceno, Ceabras, Amanda Aparecida Paniago, da Silva Carvalho, Carolina Leonel, Lino, Tayla Borges, Christofoletti, Gustavo
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9408215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36011955
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610320
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author Sobrinho-Junior, Sidney Afonso
de Almeida, Azriel Cancian Nepomuceno
Ceabras, Amanda Aparecida Paniago
da Silva Carvalho, Carolina Leonel
Lino, Tayla Borges
Christofoletti, Gustavo
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de Almeida, Azriel Cancian Nepomuceno
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description Using smartphones during a task that requires an upright posture can be detrimental for the overall motor performance. The aim of this study was to determine the risks of accidents caused by the use of smartphones by pedestrians while walking in a controlled (laboratory) and a non-controlled (public street) environment. Two hundred and one participants, 100 men and 101 women, all young adults, were submitted to walking activities while texting messages and talking on the phone. The risk of accident was measured by the time and the number of steps necessary to walk a 20 ft distance. Assessments were performed with no external distractors (laboratory) and on a public street with vehicles, pedestrians, lights, and noises. Multivariate analysis of variance tests provided the main effect of task (using × not using smartphone), environment (laboratory × street), sex (men × women), and interactions. Significance was set at 5%. The results showed that using a smartphone while walking demanded a greater number of steps and time to perform the task (main effect of task: 0.84; p = 0.001). The risk of accident was higher on the streets where, due to traffic hazards, pedestrians performed the task faster and with a lower number of steps (the main effect of environment: 0.82; p = 0.001). There was no difference of risks between men and women (main effect of sex: 0.01; p = 0.225), whether in the laboratory or on the street (main effect of sex × environment: 0.01; p = 0.905). The task × environment interaction showed that using a smartphone on the street potentiates risks of accidents of pedestrians (main effect of task × environment: 0.41; p = 0.001). In conclusion, using a smartphone while walking can be risky for pedestrians, especially in a traffic environment. People should avoid using their smartphone while crossing streets.
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spelling pubmed-94082152022-08-26 Risks of Accidents Caused by the Use of Smartphone by Pedestrians Are Task- and Environment-Dependent Sobrinho-Junior, Sidney Afonso de Almeida, Azriel Cancian Nepomuceno Ceabras, Amanda Aparecida Paniago da Silva Carvalho, Carolina Leonel Lino, Tayla Borges Christofoletti, Gustavo Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Using smartphones during a task that requires an upright posture can be detrimental for the overall motor performance. The aim of this study was to determine the risks of accidents caused by the use of smartphones by pedestrians while walking in a controlled (laboratory) and a non-controlled (public street) environment. Two hundred and one participants, 100 men and 101 women, all young adults, were submitted to walking activities while texting messages and talking on the phone. The risk of accident was measured by the time and the number of steps necessary to walk a 20 ft distance. Assessments were performed with no external distractors (laboratory) and on a public street with vehicles, pedestrians, lights, and noises. Multivariate analysis of variance tests provided the main effect of task (using × not using smartphone), environment (laboratory × street), sex (men × women), and interactions. Significance was set at 5%. The results showed that using a smartphone while walking demanded a greater number of steps and time to perform the task (main effect of task: 0.84; p = 0.001). The risk of accident was higher on the streets where, due to traffic hazards, pedestrians performed the task faster and with a lower number of steps (the main effect of environment: 0.82; p = 0.001). There was no difference of risks between men and women (main effect of sex: 0.01; p = 0.225), whether in the laboratory or on the street (main effect of sex × environment: 0.01; p = 0.905). The task × environment interaction showed that using a smartphone on the street potentiates risks of accidents of pedestrians (main effect of task × environment: 0.41; p = 0.001). In conclusion, using a smartphone while walking can be risky for pedestrians, especially in a traffic environment. People should avoid using their smartphone while crossing streets. MDPI 2022-08-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9408215/ /pubmed/36011955 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610320 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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Christofoletti, Gustavo
Risks of Accidents Caused by the Use of Smartphone by Pedestrians Are Task- and Environment-Dependent
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title_fullStr Risks of Accidents Caused by the Use of Smartphone by Pedestrians Are Task- and Environment-Dependent
title_full_unstemmed Risks of Accidents Caused by the Use of Smartphone by Pedestrians Are Task- and Environment-Dependent
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9408215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36011955
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610320
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