Factors Influencing Pedestrian Smartphone Use and Effect of Combined Visual and Auditory Intervention on "Smombies": A Chinese Observational Study.

ABSTRACT: Objective: This was a large-scale multicenter study with two objectives. One was to study the factors influencing pedestrian smartphone use while crossing roads, and the other was to study the effect of combined visual and auditory intervention on smartphone zombies (smombies) at crossroads. Methods: This study was conducted in four different Chinese cities. By observing pedestrians crossing intersections, the weather, time, and characteristics of the pedestrians were recorded by four researchers. Then, its influencing factors and the effects of the intervention were studied in two consecutive periods. Results: A total of 25,860 pedestrians (13,086 without intervention and 12,774 with visual and auditory intervention) were observed in this study. Logistic regressions s

SUBMITTER: Hao QH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9285399 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature