title: Type A behaviour pattern and traffic accidents.
abstract: This study examines the possible relationship between Type A behaviour pattern (TABP) and traffic accident risk in a cohort of traffic policemen. Data were gathered from 86 police drivers from a small Italian town, using the Bortner questionnaire. Results reveal that police drivers with Type A behaviour had higher traffic accident risk than those with lower scores at the Bortner scale. Adjusted odds ratio was 4.2 (95 per cent CI: 1.17-15.17) after correction for confounding variables in multiple logistic regression.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Occupational Medicine, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Magnavita
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Narda
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carbone
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Lorenzo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sacco
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016495:Police; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014434:Type A Personality