Prevalence of Needlestick Injury and Its Potential Risk among Veterinarians in Nigeria

Table 2

Univariable logistic regression results for variables that entered the model based on a .

Variable	Referent	Category	Odds ratio (95% CI)	value
Sex	Female	Male	3.1 (1.6–6.3)	0.002
Frequency of treating dogs	Never	Daily	8.3 (2.3–35.8)	0.001
		Weekly	4.4 (1.2–16.4)	0.022
		Greater than weekly	3.2 (1.0–10.4)	0.049
Frequency of treating horses	Never	Greater than weekly	2.6 (1.2–5.5)	0.01
Frequency of treating poultry	Never	Daily	4.5 (1.2–16.9)	0.03
Frequency of treating goats	Never	Daily	3.3 (1.1–10.8)	0.036
		Weekly	5.7 (1.8–20.0)	0.002
Frequency of treating sheep	Never	Daily	4.1 (1.2–16.2)	0.02
		Weekly	4.6 (1.5–16.0)	0.007
Frequency of treating cattle	Never	Daily	5.5 (1.3–37.8)	0.019
		Weekly	4.1 (1.4–12.9)	0.008
		Greater than weekly	3.1 (1.4–7.1)	0.006
Temporary placement of syringes in laboratory coat following use	Yes	No	2.1 (0.88–5.3)	0.11
Work type	Government or university	Private practice	1.7 (0.75–4.6)	0.023