Prevalencia del uso del cinturón de seguridad en vehículos automotor: un estudio observacional urbano

Abstract

RESUMEN

Use of seat belts among public transport drivers in Tacna, Peru: Prevalence and risk factors

“…We found that 23% of drivers did not use seat belts, and this finding is similar to that of a study of another Peruvian city, where 21% of public transport drivers did not use seat belts [ 17 ]. Contrarily, the values are lower than those observed in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where 52% of drivers did not use seat belts in urban areas [ 7 ], as well as 30% reported in an African country [ 22 ], 62% in two cities in Mexico [ 16 ], 63% in two cities in Colombia (with lower use of vans and cars compared to taxis) [ 15 ]. Furthermore, in Ethiopia, taxi drivers had twice as much seat belt use as minibus drivers (p = 0.004) [ 22 ].…”

“…The prevalence of seat belt use varies to worldwide, as 48% [7], 73% [8], 58% [9], 82% [10], and 86-90% [11][12][13] were reported in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Korea, Iran, Singapore, and in the United States of America, respectively. On the contrary, in Latin American countries, the prevalence of 82% was reported in Ecuador [14], 36% in Colombia [15] and 38% in Mexico [16]; lower prevalence was observed among co-drivers [15,16]. However, in another Peruvian city, a prevalence of 79% was reported among public transport drivers [17].…”

“…Several factors have been found to increase seat belt use, such as being in a city far from the capital, being female, driving a taxi [15], older age [10], and being more educated [7,9,11]. However, most of those studies were conducted using secondary databases [8,10,12,13], through observations from outside the vehicles [7,[15][16][17] or through self-reports by the drivers [9,11,12,14]. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct field research that directly observes their use and the most important influences, especially in low-and middle-income countries such as Peru [1].…”