Magnitude and Determinants of Needlestick and Sharp Injuries among Nurses Working in Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 3

Bivariate logistic regression model analysis of factors associated with NSSI, TASH, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 2018.

Variables	Category	NSSI		COR (95% CI)	value
		Yes	No
Age	<25	21	38	0.932 (0.473, 1.834)	0.838
	25-30	41	74	0.934 (0.530, 1.645)	0.813
	>30	35	59	1
Sex	Male	39	38	1
	Female	58	133	0.425 (0.247, 0.731)	0.002
Marital status	Single	53	105	0.707 (0.214, 2.3330)	0.569
	Married	35	54	0.907 (0.267, 3.7086)	0.876
	Divorced	4	5	1.120 (0.196, 6.414)	0.899
	Widowed	5	7	1
Educational status	BSC	73	129	0.5349 (0.260, 1.101)	0.089
	Diploma	6	25	0.227 (0.075, 0.688)	0.009
	MSC	18	17	1
Working departments	Emergency	9	16	0.703 (0.257, 1.923)	0.493
	ICU	6	7	1.071 (0.310, 3.6980)	0.913
	Medical	28	44	0.795 (0.374, 1.6930)	0.553
	Surgical	20	5	1
	OPD	26	47	0.691 (0.324, 1.476)	0.340
	Pediatric	8	32	0.313 (0.118, 0.827)	0.019
Training	Yes	60	86	1.603 (0.965, 2.663)	0.069
	No	37	85	1
Working experiences	<5	71	127	0.599 (0.273, 1.312)	0.200
	5-10	12	29	0.4439 (0.164, 1.195)	0.108
	>10	14	15	1
Dirty sharps in working places	Yes	75	109	1.939 (1.098, 3.423)	0.022
	No	22	62	1
IP committee	Yes	76	21	1.495 (0.833, 2.684)	0.1778
	No	121	50	1
Safety box at right places	Yes	70	121	1.071 (0.616, 1.862)	0.808
	No	27	50	1
Universal precaution	Yes	72	120	1.224 (0.699, 2.144)	0.480
	No	25	51	1
Sharp collection box	Yes	66	114	1.065 (0.625, 1.812)	0.818
	No	31	57	1
Needle recapping	Yes	53	65	1.964 (1.185, 3.255)	0.009
	No	44	106	1
Injection environments	Safe	32	49	1
	Unsafe	65	122	1.226 (0.716, 2.098)	0.458

Significant at . Significant at . COR = crude odds ratio; OPD = outpatient department; ICU = intensive care units; NSSI = needlestick and/or sharp injuries; TASH = Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital; IP = infection prevention; HBV = hepatitis B virus; PEP = postexposure practice.