Medication Administration Error Reporting and Associated Factors among Nurses Working in Public Hospitals, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 5
Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analysis of factors associated with 278 nurses MAE reporting working in public hospitals of North Shoa zone, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2019.
Variables
Response
Medication administration error reporting
Odds ratio (95% CI)
Yes
No
Cor
AOR
Sex
Male
26 (24.8%)
79 (75.2%)
1.00
1.00
Female
59 (49.6%)
60 (50.4%)
2.98 (1.68–5.28)
2.91 (1.45–5.85)
Educational status
Diploma nurse
21 (21.9%)
75 (78.1%)
1,00
1.00
BSc nurse
56 (47.5%)
62 (52.5%)
3.22 (1.76–5.90)
3.27 (1.61–6.66)
MSc nurse
8 (80.0%)
2 (20.0%)
14.28 (2.81–72.42)
6.40 (1.02–40.30)
Working experience
≤4 yrs
38 (35.8%)
68 (64.2%)
1.00
1.00
5–10 yrs
28 (39.4%)
43 (60.6%)
1.35 (0.64–2.81)
1.17 (0.51–2.70)
11–15 yrs
11 (40.7%)
16 (59.3%)
5.17 (2.40–11.13)
2.11 (0.84–5.30)
>15 yrs
8 (40.0%)
12 (60.0%)
9.78 (3.47–27.54)
3.93 (1.11–13.85)
Educational award
Gov’t institution
81 (41.5%)
114 (58.5%)
1.00
1.00
Private institution
4 (13.8%)
25 (86.2%)
0.22 (0.07–.67)
0.38 (0.10–1.40)
Average patient care
1–5
41 (50.6%)
40 (49.4%)
1.00
1.00
6–10
28 (36.8%)
48 (63.2%)
.56(,30–1.07)
0.66 (0.30–1.48)
≥11
16 (23.9%)
51 (76.1%)
.30(.15–.62)
0.40 (0.16–.96)
Errors should be reported
Yes
64 (48.5%)
68 (51.5%)
1.00
1.00
No
21 (22.8%)
71 (77.2%)
0.31 (0.17–.57)
0.30 (0.15–.61)
Agree with hospital definition on MAEs
Agree
29 (59.2%)
20 (40.8%)
1.00
1.00
Disagree
56 (32.0%)
119 (68.0%)
3.08 (1.60–5.90)
1.40 (0.60–3.23)
Fear adverse
Agree
58 (44.6%)
72 (55.4%)
1.00
1.00
Consequence from MAE reporting
Disagree
27 (28.7%)
67 (71.3%)
0.50 (0.28–.88)
0.97 (0.47–1.99)
NB: variables having a value ≤ 0.2 in bivariate analysis included in the multivariable analysis. Statistically significant at value < 0.05.
