The human impact of commercial delivery cycling injuries: a pilot retrospective cohort study

Autor: Mitchell N. Sarkies, Cameron Hemmert, Yu-Chen Pang, Christine T. Shiner, Karon McDonell, Rebecca Mitchell, Reidar P. Lystad, Michael Novy, Lauren J. Christie
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Pilot and Feasibility Studies, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2055-5784
DOI: 10.1186/s40814-022-01077-1
Popis: Abstract Background Commercial delivery cyclists represent a uniquely vulnerable and poorly understood road user. The primary aim of this study was to pilot whether cycling injuries could be categorised as either commercial or non-commercial using documentation entered into routine hospital medical records, in order to determine the feasibility of conducting a large cohort study of commercial cycling injuries in the future. A secondary aim was to determine which key demographic, incident and injury characteristics were associated with commercial versus non-commercial cycling injuries in emergency. Methods Pilot retrospective cohort study of adults presenting to an acute public hospital emergency department between May 2019 and April 2020 after sustaining a cycling-related injury. Multinomial logistic regression was used to examine the demographic, incident and injury characteristics associated with commercial compared to non-commercial cycling. Results Of the 368 people presenting to the emergency department with a cycling-related injury, we were able to categorise 43 (11.7%) as commercial delivery cyclists, 153 (41.6%) as non-commercial cyclists and the working status of 172 (46.7%) was unable to be confirmed. Both commercial and unconfirmed cyclists were more likely to be younger than non-commercial cyclists. Compared to non-commercial cyclists, commercial cyclists were 11 times more likely to speak a language other than English (AOR 11.3; 95% CI 4.07–31.30; p
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