@article{ref1,
title="Road-rage in the general population",
journal="Gaceta Sanitaria",
year="2010",
author="Fierro, Inmaculada and Gomez-Talegon, M. Trinidad and Álvarez, Francisco Javier",
volume="24",
number="5",
pages="423-427",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To analyze the prevalence of road rage in the general population and the sociodemographic factors associated with this phenomenon. METHODS: A total of 2,500 interviews were carried out in the population of Castile and Leon aged 14-70 years. Road rage was evaluated in the year prior to the survey using a test with eight questions. RESULTS: One-third (31.1%) of the interviewees reported they had experienced a situation involving road rage during the previous 12 months (26.8% on more than one occasion). Among these episodes, 2.6% involved &quot;serious&quot; aggressors. In drivers, the probability of experiencing road rage increased in line with the number of kilometers driven per week (odds ratio [OR]=1.52), decreased as the age of the driver increased (OR=0.975), and was highest in men (OR=1.287), university graduates (OR=1.408), and persons living in towns with over 10,000 inhabitants (OR=1.25). CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study show that road rage affects almost a third of the general population of Castile and Leon, which would amply justify the adoption of prevention and/or reduction measures.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="0213-9111",
doi="10.1016/j.gaceta.2010.07.004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2010.07.004"
}