Predicting needlestick and sharps injuries in nursing students: Development of the SNNIP scale

Annamaria Bagnasco¹, Milko Zanini¹, Gianluca Catania¹, Roger Watson², Mark Hayter², Nicoletta Dasso¹, Guglielmo Dini³, Antonella Agodi⁴, Cesira Pasquarella⁵, Carla Maria Zotti⁶, Paolo Durando³, Loredana Sasso¹, Martina Barchitta^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Sciences University of Genoa Genoa Italy.
² Faculty of Health and Social Care University of Hull Hull UK.
³ Occupational Medicine Unit Department of Health Sciences Policlinico San Martino Hospital University of Genoa Genoa Italy.
⁴ Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "GF Ingrassia" University of Catania Catania Italy.
⁵ Department of Medicine and Surgery University of Parma Parma Italy.
⁶ Department of Public Health and Pediatrics University of Turin Turin Italy.

PMID: 32802379
PMCID: PMC7424443
DOI: 10.1002/nop2.540

Predicting needlestick and sharps injuries in nursing students: Development of the SNNIP scale

Annamaria Bagnasco et al. Nurs Open. 2020.

. 2020 Jun 28;7(5):1578-1587.

doi: 10.1002/nop2.540. eCollection 2020 Sep.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Sciences University of Genoa Genoa Italy.
² Faculty of Health and Social Care University of Hull Hull UK.
³ Occupational Medicine Unit Department of Health Sciences Policlinico San Martino Hospital University of Genoa Genoa Italy.
⁴ Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "GF Ingrassia" University of Catania Catania Italy.
⁵ Department of Medicine and Surgery University of Parma Parma Italy.
⁶ Department of Public Health and Pediatrics University of Turin Turin Italy.

PMID: 32802379
PMCID: PMC7424443
DOI: 10.1002/nop2.540

Abstract

Aim: To develop an instrument to investigate knowledge and predictive factors of needlestick and sharps injuries (NSIs) in nursing students during clinical placements.

Design: Instrument development and cross-sectional study for psychometric testing.

Methods: A self-administered instrument including demographic data, injury epidemiology and predictive factors of NSIs was developed between October 2018-January 2019. Content validity was assessed by a panel of experts. The instrument's factor structure and discriminant validity were explored using principal components analysis. The STROBE guidelines were followed.

Results: Evidence of content validity was found (S-CVI 0.75; I-CVI 0.50-1.00). A three-factor structure was shown by exploratory factor analysis. Of the 238 participants, 39% had been injured at least once, of which 67.3% in the second year. Higher perceptions of "personal exposure" (4.06, SD 3.78) were reported by third-year students. Higher scores for "perceived benefits" of preventive behaviours (13.6, SD 1.46) were reported by second-year students.

Keywords: Health Belief Model; cross‐sectional; knowledge; needlestick; nursing students; prevention; questionnaire; sharps injuries; validation.

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Conflict of interest statement

Roger Watson, Editor in Chief, and Mark Hayter, Editor of the Journal of Advanced Nursing, hold honorary positions at the University of Genoa where the study was conducted.

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