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Lifejacket wear and the associated factors among boaters involved in occupational boating activities on Lake Albert, Uganda: a cross-sectional survey

BACKGROUND: Drowning death rates in lakeside fishing communities in Uganda are the highest recorded globally. Over 95% of people who drowned from a boating activity in Uganda were not wearing a lifejacket. This study describes the prevalence of lifejacket wear and associated factors among boaters in...

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Autores principales: Oporia, Frederick, Nuwaha, Fred, Kibira, Simon P S, Kobusingye, Olive, Makumbi, Fredrick Edward, Nakafeero, Mary, Ssenyonga, Ronald, Isunju, John Bosco, Jagnoor, Jagnoor
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9726957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35636933
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2022-044608
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author Oporia, Frederick
Nuwaha, Fred
Kibira, Simon P S
Kobusingye, Olive
Makumbi, Fredrick Edward
Nakafeero, Mary
Ssenyonga, Ronald
Isunju, John Bosco
Jagnoor, Jagnoor
author_facet Oporia, Frederick
Nuwaha, Fred
Kibira, Simon P S
Kobusingye, Olive
Makumbi, Fredrick Edward
Nakafeero, Mary
Ssenyonga, Ronald
Isunju, John Bosco
Jagnoor, Jagnoor
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description BACKGROUND: Drowning death rates in lakeside fishing communities in Uganda are the highest recorded globally. Over 95% of people who drowned from a boating activity in Uganda were not wearing a lifejacket. This study describes the prevalence of lifejacket wear and associated factors among boaters involved in occupational boating activities on Lake Albert, Uganda. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional survey, grounded on etic epistemology and a positivist ontological paradigm. We interviewed 1343 boaters across 18 landing sites on Lake Albert, Uganda. Lifejacket wear was assessed through observation as boaters disembarked from their boats and self-reported wear for those who ‘always wore a life jacket while on the lake’. We used a mixed-effects multilevel Poisson regression, with landing site-specific random intercepts to elicit associations with lifejacket wear. We report adjusted prevalence ratios (PRs) at 95% confidence intervals. RESULTS: The majority of respondents were male, 99.6% (1338/1343), and the largest proportion, 38.4% (516/1343) was aged 20–29 years. Observed lifejacket wear was 0.7% (10/1343). However, self-reported wear was 31.9% (428/1343). Tertiary-level education (adjusted PR 1.57, 95% CI 1.29- 1.91), boat occupancy of at least four people (adjusted PR 2.12, 95% CI 1.28 - 3.52), big boat size (adjusted PR 1.55, 95% CI 1.13 - 2.12) and attending a lifejacket-use training session (adjusted PR 1.25, 95% CI 1.01 - 1.56) were associated with higher prevalence of self-reported lifejacket wear. Self-reported wear was lower among the 30–39 year-olds compared to those who were aged less than 20 years (adjusted PR 0.66, 95% CI 0.45 - 0.99). CONCLUSION: Lifejacket wear was low. Training on lifejacket use may improve wear among boaters involved in occupational boating activities on Lake Albert.
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spelling pubmed-97269572022-12-08 Lifejacket wear and the associated factors among boaters involved in occupational boating activities on Lake Albert, Uganda: a cross-sectional survey Oporia, Frederick Nuwaha, Fred Kibira, Simon P S Kobusingye, Olive Makumbi, Fredrick Edward Nakafeero, Mary Ssenyonga, Ronald Isunju, John Bosco Jagnoor, Jagnoor Inj Prev Original Research BACKGROUND: Drowning death rates in lakeside fishing communities in Uganda are the highest recorded globally. Over 95% of people who drowned from a boating activity in Uganda were not wearing a lifejacket. This study describes the prevalence of lifejacket wear and associated factors among boaters involved in occupational boating activities on Lake Albert, Uganda. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional survey, grounded on etic epistemology and a positivist ontological paradigm. We interviewed 1343 boaters across 18 landing sites on Lake Albert, Uganda. Lifejacket wear was assessed through observation as boaters disembarked from their boats and self-reported wear for those who ‘always wore a life jacket while on the lake’. We used a mixed-effects multilevel Poisson regression, with landing site-specific random intercepts to elicit associations with lifejacket wear. We report adjusted prevalence ratios (PRs) at 95% confidence intervals. RESULTS: The majority of respondents were male, 99.6% (1338/1343), and the largest proportion, 38.4% (516/1343) was aged 20–29 years. Observed lifejacket wear was 0.7% (10/1343). However, self-reported wear was 31.9% (428/1343). Tertiary-level education (adjusted PR 1.57, 95% CI 1.29- 1.91), boat occupancy of at least four people (adjusted PR 2.12, 95% CI 1.28 - 3.52), big boat size (adjusted PR 1.55, 95% CI 1.13 - 2.12) and attending a lifejacket-use training session (adjusted PR 1.25, 95% CI 1.01 - 1.56) were associated with higher prevalence of self-reported lifejacket wear. Self-reported wear was lower among the 30–39 year-olds compared to those who were aged less than 20 years (adjusted PR 0.66, 95% CI 0.45 - 0.99). CONCLUSION: Lifejacket wear was low. Training on lifejacket use may improve wear among boaters involved in occupational boating activities on Lake Albert. BMJ Publishing Group 2022-12 2022-05-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9726957/ /pubmed/35636933 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2022-044608 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
spellingShingle Original Research
Oporia, Frederick
Nuwaha, Fred
Kibira, Simon P S
Kobusingye, Olive
Makumbi, Fredrick Edward
Nakafeero, Mary
Ssenyonga, Ronald
Isunju, John Bosco
Jagnoor, Jagnoor
Lifejacket wear and the associated factors among boaters involved in occupational boating activities on Lake Albert, Uganda: a cross-sectional survey
title Lifejacket wear and the associated factors among boaters involved in occupational boating activities on Lake Albert, Uganda: a cross-sectional survey
title_full Lifejacket wear and the associated factors among boaters involved in occupational boating activities on Lake Albert, Uganda: a cross-sectional survey
title_fullStr Lifejacket wear and the associated factors among boaters involved in occupational boating activities on Lake Albert, Uganda: a cross-sectional survey
title_full_unstemmed Lifejacket wear and the associated factors among boaters involved in occupational boating activities on Lake Albert, Uganda: a cross-sectional survey
title_short Lifejacket wear and the associated factors among boaters involved in occupational boating activities on Lake Albert, Uganda: a cross-sectional survey
title_sort lifejacket wear and the associated factors among boaters involved in occupational boating activities on lake albert, uganda: a cross-sectional survey
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9726957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35636933
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2022-044608
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