Oleckno W A, Blacconiere M J
School of Allied Health Professions, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb 60115.
Public Health. 1990 May;104(3):155-64. doi: 10.1016/s0033-3506(05)80371-3.
A cross-sectional study of 1,077 students enrolled in a large, comprehensive Midwestern university in the United States was conducted to elicit a better understanding of the correlates of seat belt use. Examined were seven risk-taking behaviors, health-promoting behavior, and age, sex, and race. Overall, five of the seven risk-taking behaviors, including cigarette smoking status, drinking status, amount of alcohol consumed, drug use, and drinking and driving were inversely correlated with the frequency of seat belt use (P = 0.00). Health-promoting behavior, as measured by a 48-item index, was positively associated with seat belt use (r = 0.21; P = 0.00). Females and whites were more likely to wear seat belts than males or nonwhites, respectively. There was no significant difference in seat belt use by age. Regression analysis on all 11 variables examined revealed that drug use, smoking status, and sex were significant predictors of seat belt use. Overall, the 11 variables explained 13.3% of the variance in seat belt use. Stepwise regression showed that slightly more than half of the explained variance could be attributed to amount of alcohol consumed and drug use (R2 = 0.071; P = 0.00).
对美国中西部一所大型综合性大学的1077名学生进行了一项横断面研究，以更好地了解安全带使用的相关因素。研究考察了七种冒险行为、健康促进行为以及年龄、性别和种族。总体而言，七种冒险行为中的五种，包括吸烟状况、饮酒状况、饮酒量、药物使用以及酒后驾车，与安全带使用频率呈负相关（P = 0.00）。通过一个包含48个项目的指标衡量的健康促进行为与安全带使用呈正相关（r = 0.21；P = 0.00）。女性和白人比男性和非白人更有可能系安全带。安全带使用情况在年龄方面没有显著差异。对所有11个考察变量的回归分析表明，药物使用、吸烟状况和性别是安全带使用的显著预测因素。总体而言，这11个变量解释了安全带使用差异的13.3%。逐步回归显示，略多于一半的解释方差可归因于饮酒量和药物使用（R2 = 0.071；P = 0.00）。
