Table 5.
Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors associated with NSI in Awi zone, 2016.
| Needle stick and sharp injury (NSI) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Response | Yes | No | COR(95% CI)∗ | AOR(95% CI)∗∗ | p value |
| Sex | Male | 27 (75%) | 79 (50.3%) | 2.9 (1.3, 6.7) | 10 (1.5, 16) | 0.014 |
| Female | 9 (25%) | 78 (49.7%) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Profession | Nursing | 11 (30.6%) | 65 (41.4%) | 5.9 (1.6, 21.6) | 0.75 (0.09, 5.8) | 0.79 |
| Public health | 6 (16.7%) | 26 (16.6%) | 4.3 (1.1, 18.2) | 0.43 (0.06, 2.9) | 0.39 | |
| Midwifery | 9 (25%) | 40 (25.5%) | 4.4 (1.2, 17.1) | 0.24 (0.01, 3.6) | 0.30 | |
| Laboratory | 4 (11.1%) | 20 (12.7%) | 5 (1.0, 23.7) | 0.17 (0.01, 1.5) | 0.12 | |
| Physician | 6 (16.7%) | 6 (3.8%) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Information access | Yes | 32 (88.9%) | 153 (97.5%) | 0.20 (0.5, 0.8) | 0.25 (0.01, 5.4) | 0.37 |
| No | 4 (11.1%) | 4 (2.5%) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Use universal precaution | Yes | 18 (50%) | 154 (98.1%) | 0.01 (0.005, 0.073) | 0.01 (0.002, 0.1) | 0.001 |
| No | 18 (50%) | 3 (1.9%) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Recap of needle | Yes | 22 (61.1%) | 27 (17.2%) | 7.5 (3.4, 16.6) | 21.3 (4.4, 23) | 0.001 |
| No | 14 (38.9%) | 130 (82.8%) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Perceived skill | Yes | 6 (16.7%) | 59 (37.6%) | 0.33 (0.1, 0.8) | 0.04 (0.003, 0.57) | 0.017 |
| No | 30 (83.3%) | 98 (62.4%) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Job related stress | Yes | 11 (30.6%) | 13 (8.3%) | 4.8 (1.9, 12) | 7.3 (1.6, 33.2) | 0.010 |
| No | 25 (69.4%) | 144 (91.7%) | 1 | 1 | ||
∗COR: crude odds ratio; ∗∗AOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.