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Effect Of A Nurse-led Training Programme On Knowledge Of Risky Behaviours Among Motorcycle Operators
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Commercial motorcycle also became popular due to the easy
maneuverability in the often chaotic road environments and its low cost
relative to four-wheeled vehicles. It now serves as one of the key means
of transportation in Nigeria as it provides the citizens with a cheap
transportation network. Even in remote villages, the motorcycle
operators arrive at regular intervals and are used by all ages and
classes of people(Abdussalam&Wahab, 2014). However, the spread of
the commercial motorcycle vocation has also resulted in an upsurge in
the number of accidents, some of which have resulted into loss of lives
and permanent disabilities in the survivors. Motorcycle crashes continue
to add to the increasing fatality and permanent disability figures
annually. Globally, approximately 1.2 million fatalities and 50 million
injuries are linked with motorcycle accidents every year, while about
half of the people involved in fatal road traffic accidents are
pedestrians, motorcycle operators or commuters on motorcycles
(Oluwaseyiet al., 2014). It appears that the prevalence of
motorcycle-related traffic crashes has increased in direct proportion to
the increasing number of commercially-operated motorcycles in the
nation. However, it appears that for every unit of distance travelled,
motorcycles cause far more fatal and permanently-damaging accidents than
regular vehicles (Olubomehin, 2012), making the motorcycle the most
dangerous of all mechanical means of transportation.
In a study in
south-western Nigeria (Ogunmodede, Adio, Ebiejuwa, Oyetola, &
Akinola,2012), it was discovered that significant contributing factors
to the causes of road traffic accidents among motorcycle operators in
Nigeria were over-speeding, wrong over-taking, bad roads, sudden
mechanical defects, ingestion of alcoholic beverages, non-compliance
with road safety highway codes, over-loading by carrying more than one
passenger, skidding off a bend due to excess speed or under-cornering,
absence of functional horn and headlamps, riding without crash helmet,
and riding against the traffic. These account for 95% of the causes of
permanent disability and death of motorcycle accident victims
(Ogagaoghene, 2011, Ogunmodedeet al., 2012).
Motorcycle accidents,
when they occur, could lead to brain injury or severe trauma as the head
violently hits the ground or other objects during the collision
resulting in convulsion and other severe conditions
(Ogunmodede&Akangbe, 2013). Many of these motorcycle operators
sometimes know that some of their actions and risky behaviours could
result in unpleasant outcomes, but they fail to act or do anything to
remedy the situation, thus making themselves and their passengers prone
to certain harm or death. There is need for motorcycle operators to be
educated on the unpleasant manifestations of the risky behaviours which
causes increase in annual motorcycle accidents.Therefore, this study is
designed to investigate the effect of a nurse – led training on risky
behaviours among motorcycle operators with the aim of reducing to the
barest minimum the grim statistics of motorcycle road crashes.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
With
a record fatality rate of 162 deaths from road traffic accidents per
100,000 population, Nigeria is placed 191among the 192 world countries
with poor and bad roads. The World Health Organization (WHO) also
estimated that over one million people die every year in road accidents
with not less than 50 million people sustaining various grades of
injuries from such occurrences (FRSC, 2011).
Motorcycle operators
have a 35-fold more likelihood of dying than the passenger car occupants
and 8-fold risk of injury. Also, while most of the motorcycle crashes
generally lead to injuries to the lower extremities, the fatal crashes
are frequently associated with head injuries. Risky behaviours like
alcohol abuse, smoking and drug abuse are major contributory factors to
motorcycle fatal crashes (Lin &Kraus, 2009).Oluwadiya and Fatoye
(2012) posited that the use of locally-brewed intoxicants by motorcycle
operators was another potential cause of road crashes which could lead
to instant death, loss of limbs and significant economic losses.
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