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Accidentes Laborales y sus Predictores entre Repartidores en Egipto: Un Estudio Transversal
Omnia Ahmed Mahmoud Yousef1, Mohamed El-Helaly1, Adel El-Wehedy1
1Public Health and Community Medicine Department. Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
La Medicina del lavoro
|February 24, 2026
Resumen
Los repartidores en Egipto sufren frecuentes accidentes de tráfico laborales, a menudo por colisiones. Una mayor educación, una amplia experiencia de conducción y el uso del teléfono móvil mientras se conduce son predictores significativos de estos accidentes.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Salud Ocupacional
- Seguridad Vial
- Logística de Transporte
Sus antecedentes:
- La expansión del sector de reparto ha aumentado las preocupaciones sobre los accidentes y lesiones laborales entre los conductores.
- Las compras en línea y la pandemia de COVID-19 aceleraron este crecimiento, aumentando la exposición de los conductores a los riesgos.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Estimar la incidencia de accidentes y lesiones laborales entre los repartidores egipcios.
- Identificar los predictores clave asociados con estos accidentes.
Principales métodos:
- Se realizó un estudio descriptivo transversal con un componente analítico.
- Se entrevistó a 172 repartidores en Mansoura, Egipto, utilizando un cuestionario semiestructurado.
Principales resultados:
- El 57.0% de los conductores reportó al menos un accidente de tráfico laboral, principalmente por colisiones de vehículos (91.8%).
- Las lesiones comunes incluyeron contusiones (93.9%), afectando predominantemente a las extremidades inferiores (80.6%).
- Los predictores de accidentes incluyeron una mayor educación (AOR=2.86), más de 5 años de experiencia (AOR=4.62) y el uso del teléfono móvil (AOR=3.22).
Conclusiones:
- Una alta frecuencia de accidentes de tráfico laborales afecta a los repartidores en Egipto.
- Una mayor educación, una amplia experiencia de conducción y el uso del teléfono móvil son predictores significativos de accidentes.
- Son cruciales intervenciones específicas como la capacitación en seguridad y la regulación del uso del teléfono móvil.
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