Multivariate Analysis of the Occurrence of Needlestick Injuries on the Nurses at X Hospital in Makassar Wahyu Atjo1,*, Rostati1, Nasir Sudirman2 1Department of Occupational Safety and Health FKM UNHAS 2Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, FKM UNHAS *Correspondence author: Atjo Wahyu Faculty of Public Health, Hasanuddin University Compleks Crysant D7 Makassar CP. 085395981838, E-mail: atjowahyu.2006@gmail.com
Online published on 2 February, 2019. Abstract Needlestick Injuries (NSI) and sharps injuries are often experienced by nurses. This research aimed to fnd out the factors related to the incident of needlestick injuries (NSI) on the nurses at Ibnu Sina Hospital, Makassar. The study was analytical observational using the cross sectional study approach. The Samples were chosen using the proportional stratifed random sampling technique with the total sample of 107 respondents. The collected data include age, sex, years of services, education level, employment status, enabling factors, reinforcing factors and NSI incident. The data were analyzed using the Chi-Square test for bivariate analysis and logistic regression test for the multivariate analysis. The research results indicated that 66.4% of the respondents were 20 to 29 years old, 73.8% were non-permanent employees, and 61.7% had adequate enabling factors. There was a signifcant correlation between the age (p = 0.011), employment status (p = 0, 006) and enabling factor (p = 0, 047) with NSI incident on the nurse at Ibnu Sina Hospital, Makassar. The result of the multivariate analysis revealed the most closely related employment status with the value p = 0, 009. Thus, the employment status was very infuential on the incident of NSI, because most employees at Ibnu Sina Hospital, Makassar were non-permanent employees. Top Keywords Needlestick injury, age, employment status, enabling factors. Top |