Proneness of accidents among lorry drivers in Malaysia, 1997 the control program at Institute of Respiratory Medicine , Kuala Lumpur, 1998

Currently, road traffic accident has been one of the major public health problem in Malaysia. A prevalence study has been conducted with the objective to find out factors influence proneness of accident among lorry drivers in Malaysia. A total of 268 respondents had been selected using systematic ra...

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Main Authors:	Zanariah Ariffin, Md. Idris Mohd Nor
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Language:	English
Published:	Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2006
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4562/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4562/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4562/1/Vol12%281%29-Adibahhani.pdf

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spelling	ukm-45622016-12-14T06:36:21Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4562/ Proneness of accidents among lorry drivers in Malaysia, 1997 the control program at Institute of Respiratory Medicine , Kuala Lumpur, 1998 Zanariah Ariffin, Md. Idris Mohd Nor, Currently, road traffic accident has been one of the major public health problem in Malaysia. A prevalence study has been conducted with the objective to find out factors influence proneness of accident among lorry drivers in Malaysia. A total of 268 respondents had been selected using systematic random sampling method. Tests using Chi Square and compare means were used to find out the relation between proneness to accident and the factors being studied. Logistic regression was also used to eliminate influence of major factors in proneness to accident. Results showed 79.9% of the lorry drivers were prone to accident and 39.9% of the respondents has had history of road traffic accident. Drivers who had extravert personality trait, no housing problem and problem with other workers were found to have a significant relation with proneness to accident (p<0.05%). Accident history was also found to have a significant relation to neuroticism and lie / conformity (p<0.05). Extraverts and neuroticism were positively correlated with proneness to accident (r=0.24, p<0.05; 4=0.21, p<0.05). From logistic regression analysis, no housing problem and problem with subordinate were the main factors influencing proneness to accident with odds ratio of 0.77. Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2006 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4562/1/Vol12%281%29-Adibahhani.pdf Zanariah Ariffin, and Md. Idris Mohd Nor, (2006) Proneness of accidents among lorry drivers in Malaysia, 1997 the control program at Institute of Respiratory Medicine , Kuala Lumpur, 1998. Jurnal Kesihatan Masyarakat, 12 (1). ISSN 1675-1663 http://www.communityhealthjournal.org/detailarticle.asp?id=183&issue=Vol12(1):2006
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description	Currently, road traffic accident has been one of the major public health problem in Malaysia. A prevalence study has been conducted with the objective to find out factors influence proneness of accident among lorry drivers in Malaysia. A total of 268 respondents had been selected using systematic random sampling method. Tests using Chi Square and compare means were used to find out the relation between proneness to accident and the factors being studied. Logistic regression was also used to eliminate influence of major factors in proneness to accident. Results showed 79.9% of the lorry drivers were prone to accident and 39.9% of the respondents has had history of road traffic accident. Drivers who had extravert personality trait, no housing problem and problem with other workers were found to have a significant relation with proneness to accident (p<0.05%). Accident history was also found to have a significant relation to neuroticism and lie / conformity (p<0.05). Extraverts and neuroticism were positively correlated with proneness to accident (r=0.24, p<0.05; 4=0.21, p<0.05). From logistic regression analysis, no housing problem and problem with subordinate were the main factors influencing proneness to accident with odds ratio of 0.77.
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author_facet	Zanariah Ariffin, Md. Idris Mohd Nor,
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title	Proneness of accidents among lorry drivers in Malaysia, 1997 the control program at Institute of Respiratory Medicine , Kuala Lumpur, 1998
title_short	Proneness of accidents among lorry drivers in Malaysia, 1997 the control program at Institute of Respiratory Medicine , Kuala Lumpur, 1998
title_full	Proneness of accidents among lorry drivers in Malaysia, 1997 the control program at Institute of Respiratory Medicine , Kuala Lumpur, 1998
title_fullStr	Proneness of accidents among lorry drivers in Malaysia, 1997 the control program at Institute of Respiratory Medicine , Kuala Lumpur, 1998
title_full_unstemmed	Proneness of accidents among lorry drivers in Malaysia, 1997 the control program at Institute of Respiratory Medicine , Kuala Lumpur, 1998
title_sort	proneness of accidents among lorry drivers in malaysia, 1997 the control program at institute of respiratory medicine , kuala lumpur, 1998
publisher	Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2006
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4562/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4562/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4562/1/Vol12%281%29-Adibahhani.pdf
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Proneness of accidents among lorry drivers in Malaysia, 1997 the control program at Institute of Respiratory Medicine , Kuala Lumpur, 1998

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