Table. 1.
General Characteristics and Number of Needlestick Injuries (n=245)
| General characteristic |
Category |
n (%) |
Number of needlestick injuries
(mean±SD) |
t or F |
p |
| Experience of needlestick injuries |
Yes |
190 (77.6) |
4.97±4.98 |
7.395 |
0.001 |
| No |
55 (22.4) |
0.00±0.00 |
| Years of experience |
≤5 y |
112 (45.7) |
5.13±6.13 |
7.768 |
0.001 |
| 6∼10 y |
66 (26.9) |
3.06±3.20 |
| ≥10 y |
67 (27.4) |
2.51±2.89 |
| Workplace |
Dental clinic |
191 (78.0) |
3.99±4.78 |
1.624 |
0.199 |
| Dental hospital |
34 (13.8) |
4.18±6.05 |
| General/University hospital |
20 (8.2) |
2.00±2.40 |
| Working hours |
<8 h |
125 (51.0) |
3.58±4.26 |
−0.925 |
0.356 |
| ≥8 h |
120 (49.0) |
4.15±5.39 |
| Number of patients per day |
<20 |
54 (22.0) |
3.25±3.35 |
0.979 |
0.377 |
| 20∼50 |
99 (40.4) |
3.66±4.25 |
| >50 |
92 (37.6) |
4.39±6.04 |
| Number of night shifts |
0 time |
105 (42.9) |
3.16±4.22 |
1.904 |
0.151 |
| 1 time |
94 (38.4) |
4.40±5.12 |
| ≥2 times |
46 (18.7) |
4.33±5.48 |
| Number of dental hygienists |
≤5 |
122 (49.8) |
3.56±4.43 |
−0.963 |
0.337 |
| ≥6 |
123 (50.2) |
4.15±5.23 |
t-test, One-way analysis of variance and Post hoc test by Scheffe.
SD: standard deviation.
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