Association of adolescents' independent mobility with road traffic injuries in Karachi, Pakistan: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Participation in walking, cycling and taking public transportation without adult supervision is defined as independent mobility of children and adolescents. The association between adolescents' independent mobility and road traffic injury (RTI) is unclear. The purpose of this study is to determine measures of adolescents' independent mobility associated with RTIs in an urban lower middle-income setting.

Study design

Cross-sectional survey.

Setting

Schools in Karachi, Pakistan.

Participants

Adolescents aged 10-19 years in grades 6-10 were enrolled from private and public schools.

Outcome

Any self-reported lifetime RTI sustained as a pedestrian, as a cyclist or while in a car or another vehicle that resulted in any first aid at home/school or con

SUBMITTER: Khan UR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8943767 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature