Epidemiological characteristics of street-crossing distraction among pedestrians at road intersections in Changsha City based on video-taping

NING Pei-shan; HU Guo-qing

doi:10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.11.017

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NING Pei-shan, HU Guo-qing. Epidemiological characteristics of street-crossing distraction among pedestrians at road intersections in Changsha City based on video-taping[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2022, 26(11): 1339-1343. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.11.017

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NING Pei-shan, HU Guo-qing. Epidemiological characteristics of street-crossing distraction among pedestrians at road intersections in Changsha City based on video-taping[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2022, 26(11): 1339-1343. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.11.017

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NING Pei-shan, HU Guo-qing. Epidemiological characteristics of street-crossing distraction among pedestrians at road intersections in Changsha City based on video-taping[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2022, 26(11): 1339-1343. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.11.017

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Epidemiological characteristics of street-crossing distraction among pedestrians at road intersections in Changsha City based on video-taping

doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2022.11.017

NING Pei-shan,
HU Guo-qing^,

Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China

Funds:

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82073672

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82073672, 82103950

Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province 2021JJ40808

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Corresponding author: HU Guo-qing, E-mail: huguoqing009@gmail.com
Received Date: 2022-03-01
Rev Recd Date: 2022-05-19

Available Online: 2022-12-21

Publish Date: 2022-11-10

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Objective To analyze the incidences and epidemiological characteristics of common types of street-crossing distraction among pedestrians in Changsha City. Methods Multi-stage random sampling was used to obtain study objects. Video-taping and artificial transcription were used to obtain the data of common types of distraction and their characteristics (including frequency and duration of distraction) among street-crossing pedestrians at 20 road intersections in Changsha. Chi-square test, Cochran-Armitage trend test, and Kruskal-Wallis H test were used for statistical analysis. Results A total of 25 436 pedestrians aged 20 years and older were observed, with distraction incidence of 34.32%. Females, pedestrians aged 20- < 40 years and appeared in the afternoon and weekend had higher incidences of distraction than males, other age groups, and appeared in the morning and weekday (all P < 0.05). Mobile phone use, the incidences of talking with other pedestrians, and eating/drinking/smoking were 11.06%, 19.62%, and 2.13%, respectively. One to two times was the most common frequency among three types of distraction. The median of total duration of distraction for talking with other pedestrians (10.0 s) was higher than mobile phone use (9.0 s) and eating/drinking/smoking (8.0 s). Conclusions Street-crossing distraction was prevalent among pedestrians at road intersections in Changsha City. Talking with other pedestrians and mobile phone use were the most prevalent type of distraction. The frequency and duration of distraction differed significantly among different types of distraction.
- Pedestrian,
- Street-crossing distraction,
- Incidence,
- Epidemiological characteristics

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