AWARENESS OF MEDICAL STUDENTS REGARDING TRAFFIC RULES

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AWARENESS OF MEDICAL STUDENTS REGARDING
TRAFFIC RULES

• DONE BY
• RUCHIT B. PATEL NO.
  70
• SANDARBH P. PATEL NO. 72
  
• SIZAN B. PATEL
  NO. 74

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INTRODUCTION

• Accident is an un-expected and un-planned
  occurrence which may involve injuries.
• Road traffic accidents are the 3rd leading cause
  of death in age gr. of 15-29.
• In adults of age 15 to 44 yrs more than 50
  deaths are due to road traffic accidents.
• Road traffic accidents amount to at least 1 to 2
  GDP loss to the nations around the world .
• Road traffic accidents and injuries caused by
  them are also a leading cause of sickness
  absenteeism.
• Factors Predisposing to such accidents
• large no of animals share road ways with vehicles
• large no of old and poorly maintained vehicles
• large no of low driving standards
• wide-spread disregard of traffic rules
  
• Considering that factors 3 and 4 largely
  affects the student population including students
  of our college we have chosen them as our study
  population.
• This projects tests their Knowledge Attitude
  and Practice regarding the Traffic Rules.

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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

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• To know the socio-demographic profile of study
  population.
• To know knowledge attitude practice of study
  population regarding traffic rules.
• To quantify the knowledge of study population
  regarding traffic rules.
• To correlate the knowledge with various
  socio-demographic variables.

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Materials and Methods

• Study Area SMT NHL MMC
• Participants Students of 1st and 3rd MBBS
• Study Period May-2005 to August-2005
• Study Variables 1- Age
• 2- Sex
• 3- Type of Family
• 4- Socio-economic
  Status
• 5- Knowledge
  Regarding Traffic Symbols
• Statistical Tests Suitable tests were applied.
  
• Study Method Information was collected on a
  pre-designed and pre-tested
• Performa, about the
  socio-demographic characteristic and various
• aspects of ACCIDENTS
  by oral questionnaire method

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Resources

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TIME LINE CHART
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OBSERVATIONS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Table-1 Distribution of Students as Per Age
Maximum no of students (26) are in age group
17-18,
followed by 25 each in 19-20, 20-21 and minimum
in age group 18-19.
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Table-2 Mean Age and SD
Mean age is 18.99 years and SD is 1.13 years.
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Table-3 Distribution of Students as Per Sex
Maximum no of students (69) are males.
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Table-4 Distribution of Students as Per Type of
family
Maximum no of students (67) are living in
nuclear family.
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Table-5 Distribution of Students As Per
Socio-economic status (As per modified Prasads


classification)
All the students(100) are in class I of modified
Prasads classification for socio-economic
status.
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Table-6 Distribution of Students As Per
knowledge about symbols
Maximum no of the students (90) know the
symbols of left and right turns prohibited.
Minimum no of students know about the symbols
dangerous dip (36) and Right Reverse Bend (40)
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Table-7 Distribution of Students as Per Source
of Knowledge
Maximum no of students (51) get information from
media.
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Table-8 Distribution of Students As Per driving
vehicle or not
All the students (100) drive vehicles. Table-8a
Distribution of Students As Per type of vehicle
Maximum no of students (76.72) drive
2wheelers. Table-8b Distribution of Students As
Per type of 2wheelers
Maximum no of students (66.29) use vehicles with
gears.
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Table-9 Distribution of Students As Per having
license or not
Maximum no of students (94) have licenses.
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Table-10 Distribution of Students As Per use of
helmets
52 of students wear helmets that is little more
than half.
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Table-11 Distribution of Students As Per
following rules of traffic
Maximum no of students (66) break traffic rules
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Table-12 Distribution of Students As Per showing
sides at turning
Maximum no of students (68) show sides at
turning
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Table-13 Distribution of Students As Per side of
overtaking
Half of the students (50) overtake from both
sides.
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Table-14 Distribution of Students As Per use of
mobile during driving
Maximum no of students (57) do not use mobile
during driving
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CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

• This suggests that maximum no. of students which
  are from higher socio-economical class break the
  traffic rules.
• Among them maximum no. of students dont know
  about traffic symbols dangerous dip and right
  hair pin bend.
• Only half of them wear helmets which is under the
  act passed by govt. of Gujarat is mandatory.
• Half of the students overtake from both the sides
  which is quite dangerous.
• Quite a many of them use mobile phones while
  driving.
• These activities can prove to be Risk Factors for
  Road Traffic Accidents.
• So an Educational Program to improve their
  knowledge regarding traffic rules aiming at
  improvement in accident prone behavior should be
  immediately organized.