埃及开罗艾因夏姆斯大学学生的道路风险认知与行人受伤情况

Road risk-perception and pedestrian injuries among students at Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

作者信息

Ibrahim Jehan M, Day Hannah, Hirshon Jon Mark, El-Setouhy Maged

机构信息

Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

出版信息

J Inj Violence Res. 2012 Jul;4(2):65-72. doi: 10.5249/jivr.v4i2.112. Epub 2011 Apr 16.

DOI:10.5249/jivr.v4i2.112

PMID:21502783

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3426903/

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Road traffic injuries (RTIs) constitute 45% of injury mortality in Egypt; 75% of these injuries are pedestrians related. Traditionally, research on road traffic safety has focused on the traffic environment and the vehicles. However, little attention has been given to road risky behaviors and perceptions of road safety by pedestrians as risk factors associated with high pedestrian injury rates. This study aimed to examine the relationship between road risk- perception, specific road behaviors, and self-reported pedestrian injuries among university students in Cairo, Egypt.

METHODS

A cross sectional survey was conducted among university students aged 18 to 24 years old at Ain Shams University in Cairo. Questions covered socio-demographic variables, injury episodes, road behaviors, road risk-perceptions, attitudes towards injury prevention, and road safety education.

RESULTS

The survey was completed by 1,324 students. Two hundred ninety (21.9%) of the participants suffered from pedestrian injury during the past 6 months; of these, 28.9% were admitted to hospital or clinic as a result of the injury, 39.3% were unable to go to university or leave home because of the injury for a period ranging from one day up to one week. Participants were more likely to suffer from pedestrian injury when they did not always "look both ways to cross the road", whereas always "waiting for a green light" was protective. Students who "perceived it safe to cross the road from any point" or "did not perceive it to be safer to cross at a zebra crossing" were less likely to "look both ways" before crossing the road. Similarly, there was a positive association between road safety education and participants' road crossing behaviors.

CONCLUSIONS

Inappropriate youths' road behaviors were significantly associated with pedestrian injury. There was also a positive association between road risk perception and road behaviors. This suggests that a behavioral approach together with modification of the traffic environment (such as provision of crossing signals) might be effective in preventing the occurrence of pedestrian injury.

摘要

背景

道路交通伤害（RTIs）占埃及伤害死亡率的45%；其中75%的伤害与行人有关。传统上，道路交通安全研究主要集中在交通环境和车辆方面。然而，对于道路危险行为以及行人对道路安全的认知作为与高行人伤害率相关的风险因素，关注较少。本研究旨在探讨埃及开罗大学生的道路风险认知、特定道路行为与自我报告的行人伤害之间的关系。

方法

在开罗艾因夏姆斯大学对18至24岁的大学生进行了横断面调查。问题涵盖社会人口统计学变量、伤害事件、道路行为、道路风险认知、对伤害预防的态度以及道路安全教育。

结果

1324名学生完成了调查。在过去6个月中，290名（21.9%）参与者遭受了行人伤害；其中，28.9%因伤入院或就诊，39.3%因伤在一天至一周的时间内无法上学或离家。当参与者不总是“过马路时左右看”时，更有可能遭受行人伤害，而总是“等待绿灯”则具有保护作用。那些“认为从任何地点过马路都安全”或“不认为在斑马线过马路更安全”的学生在过马路前不太可能“左右看”。同样，道路安全教育与参与者的过马路行为之间存在正相关。