A study of factors associated with needle stick injuries among healthcare workers using structural equation modelling.
- 1Department of Community Medicine, Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
- 2Department of Community Medicine, T S Misra Medical College, Amausi, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Abstract
Background
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 (P < 0.0001). All factors had significant effects on NSI. The positive effects were: gender (0.985), working shift (0.24), dissembling of needle by hand (0.189), and marital status (0.213). The negative effects were: experience (0.737) and age (0.018).Conclusion
Larger research can be conducted to confirm the current study's conclusions.
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BibTeX
@article{mili2026study,
title = {{A study of factors associated with needle stick injuries among healthcare workers using structural equation modelling.}},
author = {Sengar Mili and Kunwar Rajesh and Saini Rama},
journal = {Journal of education and health promotion},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.4103/jehp.jehp_1497_25},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42923859},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - A study of factors associated with needle stick injuries among healthcare workers using structural equation modelling.
AU - Sengar Mili
AU - Kunwar Rajesh
AU - Saini Rama
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/30
JO - Journal of education and health promotion
DO - 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1497_25
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42923859
AB - Background 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 (P < 0.0001). All factors had significant effects on NSI. The positive effects were: gender (0.985), working shift (0.24), dissembling of needle by hand (0.189), and marital status (0.213). The negative effects were: experience (0.737) and age (0.018).Conclusion Larger research can be conducted to confirm the current study's conclusions.
SN - 2277-9531
SN - 2319-6440
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