Environmental Health, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland.
Accid Anal Prev. 2012 Mar;45:75-82. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.11.016. Epub 2011 Dec 26.
The aim of our work was to study the accidents and close call situations connected to the use of mobile phones. We have analyzed how the accidents/close call situations are connected to background information, in particular age, gender and self-reported symptoms. The study was carried out as a cross-sectional study by posting the questionnaire to 15,000 working-age Finns. The responses (6121) were analyzed using the logistic regression models. Altogether 13.7% of respondents had close call situations and 2.4% had accidents at leisure, in which the mobile phone had a partial effect, and at work the amounts were 4.5% and 0.4% respectively, during the last 12 months. Essentially, we found that: (1) men tend to have more close calls and accidents while on a mobile phone, (2) younger people tend to have more accidents and close calls while on a mobile phone, but it does not appear to be large enough to warrant intervention, (3) employed people tend to have more problems with mobile phone usage and accidents/close calls, and (4) there was a slight increase in mobile-phone-related accidents/close calls if the respondent also reported sleep disturbances and minor aches and pains. In the future, it is important to take into account and study how symptoms can increase the risk of accidents or close call situations in which a mobile phone has a partial effect.
我们的工作目的是研究与使用手机相关的事故和险兆事件。我们分析了这些事故/险兆事件与背景信息（尤其是年龄、性别和自报告症状）之间的关联。这项研究采用横断面研究方法，向 15000 名处于工作年龄的芬兰人发送问卷。通过逻辑回归模型对收到的 6121 份回复进行了分析。在过去 12 个月中，共有 13.7%的受访者在休闲时间、4.5%的受访者在工作时发生过险兆事件，而其中手机有部分影响，2.4%的受访者在休闲时间、0.4%的受访者在工作时发生过事故，手机有部分影响。基本上，我们发现：（1）男性在使用手机时更有可能发生险兆事件和事故；（2）年轻人在使用手机时更有可能发生事故和险兆事件，但这似乎还不足以进行干预；（3）在职人员在使用手机和发生事故/险兆事件方面存在更多问题；（4）如果受访者还报告睡眠障碍和轻微疼痛，手机相关事故/险兆事件的发生率会略有增加。未来，重要的是要考虑并研究症状如何增加手机有部分影响的事故或险兆事件的风险。
