Table 3.
Job category | Variables | OR | p | 95% CI |
Physicians | ||||
Gender | ||||
Female | 1 | |||
Male | 3.67 | 0.00 | 1.9-7.1 | |
Timing of injury | ||||
Morning (7am-2pm) | 1 | |||
Afternoon (2pm-9pm) | 2.0 | 0.04 | 1.0-3.9 | |
Type of procedures involved | ||||
Needle use | 1 | |||
Surgical intervention | 7.71 | 0.00 | 3.2-18.4 | |
Nurses | ||||
Gender | ||||
Female | 1 | |||
Male | 0.31 | 0.00 | 0.2-0.6 | |
Age (range) | ||||
20-40 | ||||
41-60 | 1.62 | 0.11 | 0.9-2.9 | |
Years of practice | 1.04 | 0.02 | 1.0-1.1 | |
Timing of injury | ||||
Morning (7am-2pm) | 1 | |||
Afternoon (2pm-9pm) | 2.1 | 0.01 | 1.2-3.7 | |
Night (9pm-7am) | 8.8 | 0.00 | 3.4-22.8 | |
Area of practice | ||||
Medicine | 1 | |||
Surgery | 0.36 | 0.00 | 0.2-0.6 |