Table 5.

Correlation between needle stab (dependent variable) with giving injections, disposal and cleaning as the most common circumstance of incident events; unforeseen reactions of patients and time pressure for the execution of the assignment as the most common cause of the incident (independent variables) in patients which experienced the incident (n = 87)

Predictors as independent variables	(β and 95% confidence interval (95%CI)*
	β	P	95%CI
Injections, disposal and cleaning	0.322	0.001	5.578-4.583
Unforeseen reactions of patients	0.542	0.001	0.289-0.574
Time pressure for the execution of the assignment	0.301	0.001	0.177-0.425
ANOVA, linear regression analysis, Dependent variable: needle stab