A study of factors associated with needle stick injuries among healthcare workers using structural equation modelling
Sengar Mili, Kunwar Rajesh, Saini RamaBACKGROUND:
Needlestick injuries (NSI) are a major concern in every hospital. Contaminated needles, scalpels, glass sharps, and other sharp objects can expose healthcare workers (HCWs) to blood. There are significant and maybe lethal risks associated with this.
OBJECTIVES:
To determine the prevalence of NSIs and factors associated with it using structural equation modelling (SEM).
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
A cross-sectional study was conducted in tertiary care hospital in Lucknow among healthcare workers (HCWs) with minimum one year of working in the hospital. Data were collected about needle stick injuries that happened between April 2023 and March 2024. AMOS-SPSS 22 was used for data analysis, and SEM was used to find correlations between latent variables.
RESULT:
The prevalence of NSIs was found to be 11.7% among healthcare professionals (25 out of 213) who had needle stick injuries. NSI was found to be statistically significantly associated with healthcare workers’ gender, years of experience, manual needle disassembly, and working shift (
CONCLUSION:
Larger research can be conducted to confirm the current study’s conclusions.