Awareness and use of Safety Glasses for the Prevention of Eye Injuries among Motorcyclists in Dutsin-Ma Metropolis, Katsina State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined awareness and use of safety glasses for the prevention of eye injuries among motorcyclists in Dutsin-Ma Metropolis, Nigeria. In this study, four research questions with two hypotheses guided the study. A descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The population of this study was estimated to be 5,518 motorcyclists yielding a 357 sample size, A structured questionnaire on four points Likert scale was used for data collection. The instrument was validated with a reliability coefficient of 0.68. Frequencies and percentages, mean and the Chi-squared test were used to analyse information generated in this study. The findings of this study showed that: there was inadequate awareness and there was adequate use of safety glasses among motorcyclists in Dutsin-ma, Metropolis katisina State Nigeria. Awareness of safety glasses did not influence their use. Awareness of safety glasses did not influence the use of safety glasses. Commercial motorcyclists had more awareness and use of safety glasses than private motorcyclists in Dutsin-Ma Metropolis. There was no significant awareness of safety glasses among motorcyclists in Dutsin-Ma Metropolis, Katsina State, Nigeria. There was significant use of safety glasses among respondents. The authors concluded that respondents used safety glasses irrespective of their poor level of awareness. The authors recommended among others that motorcyclists should improve their level of awareness of safety glasses, therefore, calling on health educators for quality health education on safety glasses.