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Table 3 Multivariable analyses of factors associated with NSSI reporting behaviour among hospital healthcare workers in Bale zone, December, 2014

From: Attitude, reporting behavour and management practice of occupational needle stick and sharps injuries among hospital healthcare workers in Bale zone, Southeast Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Reporting of NSSIs exposure

Crude OR (95 % CI)

Adjusted OR (95 % CI)

Working hospital

  

 Ginir

1.63 (0.52, 510)

1.04 (0.27, 4.05)

 Goba

4.1 (1.37, 12.30)*

2.08 (0.46, 9.44)

 Delo mena

1.62 (0.44, 5.95)

0.48 (0.08, 2.90)

 Bale Robe

Ref

Ref

Educational level

  

 Grade(5-12th)

2.95 (1.07, 8.11)*

7.54 (0.46, 12.56)

 College diploma and above

Ref

Ref

Monthly income

  

 450–1000

3.05 (1.17,7.98)*

5.73 (1.71, 19.23)*

 1001–2000

1.68 (0.68, 4.15)

2.67 (0.88, 8.10)

 2001–8379

Ref

Ref

Diseases can be transmitted by NSSI

  

 Yes

Ref

Ref

 Do not know

0.70 (0.31, 0.89)*

0.55 (0.47, 0.68)*

Self management taken after injury

  

 Yes

Ref

Ref

 No

0.06 (0.01, 0.47)*

0.07 (0.01,0.63)*

Presence of protocol for reporting

  

 Yes

2.62 (1.26, 5.46)*

2.17 (0.74, 6.34)

 No

Ref

Ref

Safety guidelines available

  

 Yes

2.87 (1.34, 6.15)*

2.39 (0.95, 6.07)

 No

Ref

Ref

  1. *Significant at P < 0.05, Ref Reference