New Trauma Research Findings from Imam Khomeini International University Reported (Relationship between using cell phone and the risk of accident with motor vehicles: An analytical cross-sectional study)

2020 SEP 21 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Education Daily Report -- New research on Health and Medicine - Trauma Research is the subject of a report. According to news reporting out of Qazvin, Iran, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Traffic accidents are one of the major health problems in the world, being the first cause of burden of illness and the second leading cause of death in Iran. The Sistan-Baluchestan province is one of the most accidental provinces of Iran with the highest rate of accidents-caused deaths.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Imam Khomeini International University, “This study was conducted to determine the risk factors associated with traffic accidents in Zahedan through 2013 to 2016. This analytical cross-sectional study was carried out on 223 drivers from Zahedan who were traumatized by traffic accident and sent to Zahedan hospitals. The data were obtained through interviews taken by the trained interviewers via refereeing to the medical records and collected in the researcher-made checklist. Census was obtained from the study subjects. For data analysis, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Chi-square and logistic regression were used with the Stata software version 11.0. In this study, 223 male subjects with the mean age of (32.54 ? 12.95) years, 39.8% single and 60.2% married, entered for investigation. Most accidents (38.8%) occurred between 12:00 to 17:59. While driving, 47.1% of the study subjects were using cell phones, 89.1% had manual use of mobile phones, 21.9% had a habit of sending short message service (SMS) and 23.4% had sent SMS within 10 min before the accident. The one way analysis of variance showed that the mean age of individuals with marital status, driving experience, education and accident with motorcycle were significantly different (p <0.05). Also, the multivariate logistic regression test indicated a significant relationship of smoking, ethnicity, insurance and SMS typing while driving with motorcycle accident (p <0.05). In this study, SMS and smoking while driving had the highest risk among the variables studied in the motorcycle accidents.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Therefore, effective education attempting to enhance people’s awareness about the consequences of using cell phone and smoking during driving to reduce traffic accidents seems necessary.”

For more information on this research see: Relationship between using cell phone and the risk of accident with motor vehicles: An analytical cross-sectional study. Chinese Journal of Traumatology = Chung-hua Ch’uang Shang Tsa Chih, 2020;():.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Seyed Ahmad Almasi, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran. Additional authors for this research include Mohammad Kogani, Alireza Ansari-Mogaddam, Sahar Dalvand, Hassan Okati-Aliabad, Seyed Mehdi Tabatabaee and Seyedeh Zeinab Almasi.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjtee.2020.08.002. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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