AU - sedaghat, mahdi AU - vaghari, gholamreza AU - bani hashem, samieh AU - maharlooie, pooneh AU - tazik, ebrahim AU - angizeh, abdolhamid AU - maghdami, abbas AU - maghsoodloo, siavash TI - The Trend of Using Safety Seat Belt in Golestan Province from 2007 to 2010: an Epidemiologic Study PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - nmj JN - nmj VO - 8 VI - 1 IP - 1 4099 - http://nmj.goums.ac.ir/article-1-116-en.html 4100 - http://nmj.goums.ac.ir/article-1-116-en.pdf SO - nmj 1 AB  -   Background and Objective : After suffering from some diseases,car accident is the most common cause of mortality in Iran.Using safety seat belt has a considerable role in reducing the injuries. This study has been established for comparing the trend of safety belt use from 2007to­ 2010 in Golestan province.   Material and Methods: This population-based cross-sectional study was carried out on 3999 subjects aged 15-65,­during four years,in 11 urban and rural public health centers.They were selected by stratified and cluster sampling.­ Interviewers recorded the data using a all of them filled demographic data sheet,and were asked whether they asked seat belt or not.We used Chi-2 test to compare the frequencies and regression logistic to estimate seat belt use odds ratio.   Results: The rate of seat belt use in the years of 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 were 71%, 69.8%, 74.5 and 86.4%, respectively.The difference is signficant(P CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - nmj PG - 59 PT - Original Article YR - 2011