Factors associated with traffic accidents among university students
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15448/1983-652X.2017.2.24205Keywords:
traffic accidents, young adult, risk factors, external causes, wounds and injury.Abstract
Objective: To investigate traffic accidents and its associated factors among university students aged between 18-25 years old.Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional study with 500 students. Three instruments were applied: sociodemographic, The Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT), and Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), to verify traffic accident risks.
Results: The majority of individuals were female and the mean age was 21.2±2.1 years old. Alcohol was used for 67.4% (n=337); risk drinkers were 43.2% (n=216) and 4.4% (n=22) used drugs. Of those 71.2% (n=356) who drove vehicles, 63.2% (n=316) had drivers’ license. Seat belt was used for 50.4% (n=252) of the drivers and for 45.2% (n=226) of the passengers. Forty two percent (n=210) had suffered an accident and 10.2% (n=51) was in the last year. Men predominated (p≤0.05) among those who drive, were injured, used drugs, drove a vehicle after alcohol consumption in the last month, participated in illegal street racing, and who suffered accidents as drivers. Women were less respectful of the traffic lights. Suffering an accident in the past year was associated with male gender, risk consumption / addiction to alcohol and riding in the vehicle whose driver had made use of alcoholic beverages.
Conclusion: Almost half of the students had suffered an accident. They were associated with being male, alcohol abuse and ride in a car with a driver under alcohol effect. Actions aimed at addressing this important problem in the health sector should be initiated.
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