Needlestick Injury and Psychomotor Performance as Measured by Pursuit Aiming Test in Health Care Professionals

Gholamreza Pouryaghoub, Akbar Azizi Alvandi, Nazanin Izadi

Abstract


Background: Several factors play a role in Needlestick Injury (NSI). We aimed to determine the association of NSI with psychomotor performance in health care workers.
Materials and Methods: In this cross sectional study, demographic, occupational characteristics, and needlestick history were completed for 357 health personnel of a university hospital of Tehran in 2019 through a checklist. Psychomotor performance was measured using a pursuit aiming test.
Results: Most of the NSI occurred in nurses. The mean age of the workers with a positive history of NSI was significantly lower compared to their peers with a negative history, and similarly, they had lower work experience. After adjustment for the confounding variables, the correct pursuit aiming test had a borderline association with the occurrence of the NSI.
Conclusions: Psychomotor performance had a borderline association with the history of NSI.

Keywords


Needlestick injuries, nurses, psychomotor performance

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