Determinants of fatigue while driving among two-wheeled vehicle drivers: Exploratory approach from secondary analysis based on hospital data, Benin
Background: Fatigue while driving is one of the risk factors of road crashes. It’s still poorly considered in interventions because of insufficient literature. In addition, the literature on this issue doesn’t focus on two-wheelers, the most frequent users in the Benin context. Objective: The st...
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| author | Yolaine Glele Ahanhanzo Alphonse Kpozehouen Lamidhi Salami Nicolas Gaffan Bella Hounkpe Dos Santos Alain Levêque |
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Background: Fatigue while driving is one of the risk factors of road crashes. It’s still poorly considered in interventions because of insufficient literature. In addition, the literature on this issue doesn’t focus on two-wheelers, the most frequent users in the Benin context.
Objective: The study examined the prevalence of fatigue while driving among two-wheeled vehicle drivers and the related factors.
Methods: It’s a secondary baseline data analysis from a cohort of road crash victims recruited from five hospitals in the country. Patients who identified themselves as drivers during the accident were included. Data on individual characteristics, including fatigue status in the moments preceding the collision, and other risk factors and environmental settings, were extracted. We used multivariate logistic regression.
Results: Among the respondents, 12.20% (95% CI=10.20-14.53) reported fatigue in the moments preceding the collision. The odds of fatigue while driving were significantly higher in male drivers (aOR = 3.60; 95% CI=1.08-11.98), during professional trips (aOR = 2.09; 95% CI=1.30-3.37), in non-helmet wearers (aOR = 1.85; 95% CI=1.09-3.13), in users of stimulants (aOR = 3.13; 95% CI=1.50-6.54), in those with a history of chronic diseases (aOR = 1.95; 95% CI=1.16-3.27), at dusk (aOR = 4.22; 95% CI=2.22-8.02), at night (aOR = 6.90; 95% CI=3.95-12.05), and on Inter-State National Roads (aOR = 2.01; 95% CI=1.18-3.43).
Conclusion: Fatigue is a risk factor for road crashes in Benin, associated with other risk factors that highlight particularly vulnerable profiles and groups. Integrating prevention policies based on these cumulative risk factors will result in efficiency improvements
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| spelling | doaj.art-8c12bf67b4d44791b452582a153f08d12024-01-03T10:38:16ZengPAGEPress PublicationsJournal of Public Health in Africa2038-99222038-99302024-01-01141210.4081/jphia.2023.2601Determinants of fatigue while driving among two-wheeled vehicle drivers: Exploratory approach from secondary analysis based on hospital data, BeninYolaine Glele Ahanhanzo0Alphonse Kpozehouen1Lamidhi Salami2Nicolas GaffanBella Hounkpe Dos Santos3Alain Levêque4Regional Institute of Public Health (Abomey-Calavi University )Multidisciplinary Research Unity for Road Crashes Prevention (ReMPARt), Department of Epidemiology and Bio-statistics, Regional Institute of Public Health, University of Abomey-Calavi, Ouidah, BeninDepartment of Health systems and policies, Regional Institute of Public Health, University of Abomey-Calavi, Ouidah, BeninMultidisciplinary Research Unity for Road Crashes Prevention (ReMPARt), Department of Epidemiology and Bio-statistics, Regional Institute of Public Health, University of Abomey-Calavi, Ouidah, BeninCenter for Research in Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Clinical Research, Public Health School, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium Background: Fatigue while driving is one of the risk factors of road crashes. It’s still poorly considered in interventions because of insufficient literature. In addition, the literature on this issue doesn’t focus on two-wheelers, the most frequent users in the Benin context. Objective: The study examined the prevalence of fatigue while driving among two-wheeled vehicle drivers and the related factors. Methods: It’s a secondary baseline data analysis from a cohort of road crash victims recruited from five hospitals in the country. Patients who identified themselves as drivers during the accident were included. Data on individual characteristics, including fatigue status in the moments preceding the collision, and other risk factors and environmental settings, were extracted. We used multivariate logistic regression. Results: Among the respondents, 12.20% (95% CI=10.20-14.53) reported fatigue in the moments preceding the collision. The odds of fatigue while driving were significantly higher in male drivers (aOR = 3.60; 95% CI=1.08-11.98), during professional trips (aOR = 2.09; 95% CI=1.30-3.37), in non-helmet wearers (aOR = 1.85; 95% CI=1.09-3.13), in users of stimulants (aOR = 3.13; 95% CI=1.50-6.54), in those with a history of chronic diseases (aOR = 1.95; 95% CI=1.16-3.27), at dusk (aOR = 4.22; 95% CI=2.22-8.02), at night (aOR = 6.90; 95% CI=3.95-12.05), and on Inter-State National Roads (aOR = 2.01; 95% CI=1.18-3.43). Conclusion: Fatigue is a risk factor for road crashes in Benin, associated with other risk factors that highlight particularly vulnerable profiles and groups. Integrating prevention policies based on these cumulative risk factors will result in efficiency improvements https://www.publichealthinafrica.org/jphia/article/view/2601fatiguedrowsinessRoad crashcohort studydeterminantBenin |
| spellingShingle | Yolaine Glele Ahanhanzo Alphonse Kpozehouen Lamidhi Salami Nicolas Gaffan Bella Hounkpe Dos Santos Alain Levêque Determinants of fatigue while driving among two-wheeled vehicle drivers: Exploratory approach from secondary analysis based on hospital data, Benin Journal of Public Health in Africa fatigue drowsiness Road crash cohort study determinant Benin |
| title | Determinants of fatigue while driving among two-wheeled vehicle drivers: Exploratory approach from secondary analysis based on hospital data, Benin |
| title_full | Determinants of fatigue while driving among two-wheeled vehicle drivers: Exploratory approach from secondary analysis based on hospital data, Benin |
| title_fullStr | Determinants of fatigue while driving among two-wheeled vehicle drivers: Exploratory approach from secondary analysis based on hospital data, Benin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Determinants of fatigue while driving among two-wheeled vehicle drivers: Exploratory approach from secondary analysis based on hospital data, Benin |
| title_short | Determinants of fatigue while driving among two-wheeled vehicle drivers: Exploratory approach from secondary analysis based on hospital data, Benin |
| title_sort | determinants of fatigue while driving among two wheeled vehicle drivers exploratory approach from secondary analysis based on hospital data benin |
| topic | fatigue drowsiness Road crash cohort study determinant Benin |
| url | https://www.publichealthinafrica.org/jphia/article/view/2601 |
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