Occupational Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids among Medical Laboratory Science Students of the University of Health and Allied Sciences during Vocational Internship in the Volta Region of Ghana

Table 2

Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors influencing exposure to BBF.

Variable	Frequency	No exposure	Exposure	value	COR	value	AOR
	n = 178 (100.0%)	n = 88 (49.4%)	n = 90 (50.6%)		OR (95% CI)		OR (95% CI)
Gender
Female	39 (21.9)	19 (48.7)	20 (51.3)	0.919	1.00		1.00
Male	139 (78.1)	69 (49.6)	70 (50.4)		0.96 (0.47–1.96)	0.779	1.12 (0.49–2.56)
Age in years
15–19	14 (7.9)	9 (64.3)	5 (35.7)		1.00		1.00
20–24	118 (66.3)	54 (45.8)	64 (54.2)	0.197	2.13 (0.67–6.75)	0.528	1.52 (0.41–5.58)
25–29	31 (17.4)	18 (58.1)	13 (41.9)	0.694	1.30 (0.35–4.80)	0.479	0.55 (0.11–2.83)
>29	15 (8.4)	7 (46.7)	8 (53.3)	0.343	2.06 (0.46–9.14)	0.294	0.27 (0.02–3.12)
Year group
2^nd year	91 (51.1)	47 (51.7)	44 (48.3)		1.00		1.00
3^rd year	64 (36.0)	31 (48.4)	33 (51.6)	0.694	1.14 (0.60–2.16)	0.392	0.65 (0.24–1.74)
4^th year	23 (12.9)	10 (43.5)	13 (56.5)	0.485	1.39 (0.55–3.49)	0.292	2.10 (0.53–8.40)
Work history
Never worked	155 (87.1)	79 (51.0)	76 (49.0)		1.00		1.00
Ever worked	23 (12.9)	9 (39.1)	14 (60.9)	0.292	1.62 (0.66–3.96)	0.029	7.37 (1.22–44.43)
Vocational
<2 months	105 (59.0)	57 (54.3)	48 (45.7)		1.00		1.00
3–4 months	52 (29.2)	20 (38.5)	32 (61.5)	0.063	1.90 (0.96–3.74)	0.073	2.45 (0.92–6.58)
5–6 months	15 (8.4)	8 (53.3)	7 (46.7)	0.945	1.03 (0.35–3.07)	0.303	0.44 (0.10–2.06)
>6 months	6 (3.4)	3 (50.0)	3 (50.0)	0.838	1.18 (0.23–6.16)	0.945	1.08 (0.14–8.45)
Vaccinated
No	101 (56.74)	51 (50.5)	50 (49.5)		1.00		1.00
Yes	77 (43.26)	37 (48.1)	40 (51.9)	0.747	1.10 (0.60–2.00)	0.932	1.02 (0.53–2.00)
Training on ID
No	85 (51.98)	39 (45.9)	46 (54.1)		1.00		1.00
Yes	93 (52.25)	49 (52.7)	44 (47.3)	0.365	0.76 (0.42–1.37)	0.689	0.88 (0.46–1.68)
Sufficient PPE
No	46 (25.8)	16 (34.8)	30 (65.2)		1.00		1.00
Yes	132 (74.2)	72 (54.5)	60 (45.5)	0.02	0.44 (0.22–0.89)	0.023	0.41 (0.20–0.88)

values denoted by are significant at.