Authors : M R Narayana Murthy, Praveen Kulkarni, Aishwarya Khot
DOI : 10.18231/j.jchm.2022.007
Volume : 9
Issue : 1
Year : 2022
Page No : 31-35
Background: Distracted driving is considered to be an important risk factor for road traffic accidents. This study is to find the association between psycho-social determinants and distracted driving.
To determine the relationship between psycho-social factors with distracted driving among bike riders residing in an urban community Mysore.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 400 patients. People aged 18 years and above who are having any kind of cell phone and drive/ ride two-wheelers regularly since at least last six months willing to participate in the study were included. Probability proportionate to size technique will be used to identify number of subject to be included in each of 6 segments of urban field practice area. Purposive sampling was used. Data analysis was done in SPSS and Excel.
Results: Overall it shows that among 321 respondents, 166 (51.7%) have psycho-social determinants while driving and 155 (48.3%) are not having any psycho-social determinants. To conclude it can be observed that out of 247 individuals having distracted driving. 132 (53%) are having psycho-social problem and there is no statistically significance association between distracted driving and psycho-social problem.
Conclusion: Among 321 respondents, 166 (51.7%) have psycho-social determinants while driving and 155 (48.3%) are not having any psycho-social determinants. To conclude it can be observed that out of 247 individuals having distracted driving. 132 (53%) are having psycho-social problem and there is no statistically significance association between distracted driving and psycho-social problem.
Keywords: Distracted driving, Psychosocial determinants, Road fatalities, Depression, Stress, Anxiety.