Inder T, Geddis D C
Research and Education Unit, Royal New Zealand Plunket Society, Dunedin.
Accid Anal Prev. 1990 Jun;22(3):297-300. doi: 10.1016/0001-4575(90)90021-c.
Over a six-week period 100 mothers in Dunedin, New Zealand obtained General Motors infant car seats from a rental scheme. In interviews conducted in the maternity hospital, before the seats had been used, the mother's perceptions of the comfort and ease of use of the seat were recorded. All mothers rated the seats as very safe. From details of 2,830 car trips undertaken by these mothers while their infants were 0-3 months old and from a further 687 journeys by 85 of those mothers when their infants were 4-6 months old we found that an infant car seat was used for only 72% of journeys with the younger infant compared to 91% of journeys with the older infant. Those mothers who had rated the seat--before ever using it--as appearing uncomfortable or difficult to use were less likely to make use of it. The seat was least likely to be used when the mother was going out for more than two hours in the evening for some purpose that involved only a short car journey.
在六周的时间里，新西兰达尼丁的100位母亲从一个租赁计划中获得了通用汽车公司的婴儿汽车座椅。在产妇医院进行的访谈中，在座椅使用之前，记录了母亲们对座椅舒适度和易用性的看法。所有母亲都认为这些座椅非常安全。从这些母亲在婴儿0至3个月大时进行的2830次汽车出行细节，以及其中85位母亲在婴儿4至6个月大时进行的另外687次出行中，我们发现，与年龄较大婴儿出行时91%的使用率相比，年龄较小婴儿出行时婴儿汽车座椅的使用率仅为72%。那些在从未使用过座椅之前就认为其看起来不舒服或难以使用的母亲，使用座椅的可能性较小。当母亲晚上出于仅涉及短程汽车出行的某种目的外出超过两小时时，座椅最不可能被使用。
