Shahroud University of Medical Sciences Environmental and Occupational Health Research Center Center for Health Related Social and Behavioral Sciences
Principal Investigator: Mohammad Hossein Ebrahimi
- -Assistant Professor of Occupational Medicine
- -Shahroud University of Medical Sciences
- -Environmental and Occupational Health Research Center
Approval date
2016
Starting date
2016
Goals
To determine the effects of systemic and mental diseases, sleep disorders and demographic factors on traffic accidents.
Study population
Professional Drivers in Shahroud district
Sampling method and sample size
By survey, 3000 drivers in Shahroud district
Data Collection
Interview and self-administered questionnaire, physical examination, audiometry, optometry, blood pressure, height and weight, spirometry, ECG, blood biochemistry measurement, sleep disorder tests, including poly-somno-graphy
Follow up Methods
– Active follow up with phone calls to individuals
– Annually active follow up for the occurrence of traffic accidents leading to hospitalization or death
– Sepas system
– Through the police system of the country and the province, Legal Medicine Organization and Road Maintenance And Transportation Organization
Main Exposures
Demographic variables, behavioral (e.g nutrition, physical activity, smoking), individual medical history, family medical history, biological (eg, anthropometric, blood pressure and pulse, ECG), biochemical (such as fasting blood sugar, Lipid Profile,), audiometry, optometry, spirometry and overnight polysomnography
Outcomes
Traffic accidents and its mortality