Department of Global Health and Populations, Harvard University, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Department of Surgery, Gulu University, Faculty of Medicine, Gulu City, Uganda.
Pan Afr Med J. 2022 Apr 5;41:274. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2022.41.274.31302. eCollection 2022.
injuries in commercial motorcycle drivers (boda-boda) are the second-commonest reason for trauma-related admission to the Gulu Regional Referral Hospital. Most causes of boda-boda accidents and injuries were related to the behaviors of drivers, passengers, and pedestrians. The purpose of this study was to determine factors associated with boda-boda drivers, accidents, and boda-boda accident victims in Gulu Municipality, Northern Uganda.
two cross-sectional studies were conducted at intervals of six months between July and December 2015. Two hundred boda-boda drivers from Gulu Municipality and fifty-seven victims of boda-boda accidents admitted to the Gulu Regional Referral Hospital were recruited for this study. A pre-tested questionnaire with Cronbach´s alpha (internal validity) α=072 was used for data collection. This study was approved by a local Institutional Review Board (IRB) and STATA version 14.1 was used for statistical analysis. A p-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
factors associated with boda-boda accidents in Gulu Municipality were boda-boda drivers from Pece division (AoR=7.290, 95% CI: 2.162-24.580; p<0.001) and those with low monthly incomes less than UGX400,000/= equal to USD$100 (AoR=0.154, 95% CI: 0.031-0.766; p<0.05). Drivers with monthly incomes higher than UGX400,000/= were least likely involved in boda-boda accidents (AoR=0.104, 95% CI: 0.038-0.281; p<0.001). Work experience, prior road safety training, age, wearing a helmet and protective clothing, levels of education, and knowledge on road safety regulations did not significantly affect the outcome. Most victims of boda-boda accidents were passengers and pedestrians from villages outside Gulu Municipality (AoR=8.808, 95% CI: 3.190-24.329; p<0.001) and sustained minor injuries.
boda-boda accidents in Gulu Municipality are problematic, drivers from the Pece division and those with low monthly incomes were more involved. Most victims of boda-boda accidents were passengers and pedestrians from villages outside Gulu Municipality. This study suggests that boda-boda drivers should be engaged in other income-generating activities, as some divisions in Gulu Municipality do not generate the required resources to meet their needs.
商业摩的司机（boda-boda）受伤是导致古卢地区转诊医院创伤相关入院的第二大常见原因。大多数 boda-boda 事故和受伤的原因与司机、乘客和行人的行为有关。本研究旨在确定与古卢市 boda-boda 司机、事故和 boda-boda 事故受害者相关的因素，乌干达北部。
2015 年 7 月至 12 月期间，进行了两项为期六个月的横断面研究。从古卢市招募了 200 名 boda-boda 司机和 57 名 boda-boda 事故受害者到古卢地区转诊医院接受治疗。使用 Cronbach's alpha（内部有效性）α=0.72 的经过预测试的问卷进行数据收集。本研究得到了当地机构审查委员会（IRB）的批准，并使用 STATA 版本 14.1 进行统计分析。p 值小于 0.05 被认为具有统计学意义。
古卢市与 boda-boda 事故相关的因素是来自 Pece 分区的 boda-boda 司机（AoR=7.290，95%CI：2.162-24.580；p<0.001）和月收入低于 UGX400,000/=等于 USD$100 的司机（AoR=0.154，95%CI：0.031-0.766；p<0.05）。月收入高于 UGX400,000/=的司机最不可能卷入 boda-boda 事故（AoR=0.104，95%CI：0.038-0.281；p<0.001）。工作经验、先前的道路安全培训、年龄、戴头盔和防护服、教育程度以及对道路安全法规的了解程度并没有显著影响结果。boda-boda 事故的大多数受害者是来自古卢市以外村庄的乘客和行人（AoR=8.808，95%CI：3.190-24.329；p<0.001），并受轻伤。
古卢市的 boda-boda 事故是一个问题，来自 Pece 分区的司机和收入较低的司机参与度更高。boda-boda 事故的大多数受害者是来自古卢市以外村庄的乘客和行人。本研究表明，boda-boda 司机应该从事其他创收活动，因为古卢市的一些分区没有产生满足其需求所需的资源。
