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. 2018 Aug 28;109(4):308–315. doi: 10.23749/mdl.v109i4.7245

Table 3.

Associations between factors and injuries among Physicians and Nurses (Multivariate Logistic regression analysis)

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