Determinants of Work-Related Risks among Veterinary Clinical Students in South West Nigeria

Table 3

Logistic regression analysis of participants’ exposure to hazards with the frequency of contact with animals.

Animal	Hazard	Once a week			Three times			Five times
		OR	95% CI	value	OR	95% CI	value	OR	95% CI	value
Poultry	Needle prick	1.80	0.51–6.31	0.36	1.25	0.32–4.83	0.75	4.0	0.80–20.02	0.09
Wildlife	Head injuries	2.69	0.24–30.38	0.42	6.00	0.35–102.01	0.22	26.00	2.05–329.68	0.01
Laboratory animals	Bites	1.43	0.51–3.99	0.50	7.09	1.54–32.71	0.01	2.95	0.50–17.52	0.23
	Slip	3.55	1.51–8.32	0.004	1.90	0.34–10.64	0.46	4.00	0.81–19.69	0.09
Cats	Slip	2.38	1.07–5.25	0.03	3.17	0.80–12.53	0.10	11.88	2.11–66.73	0.01
Dogs	Scratch	0.12	0.02–0.82	0.03	0.79	0.13–5.01	0.80	0.40	0.06–2.45	0.32
Horse	Slip	1.5	0.46–4.88	0.50	2.50	0.69–9.12	0.17	12.50	1.76–88.74	0.01
	Gastrointestinal infections	2.11	0.66–6.76	0.21	1.11	0.28–4.47	0.88	3.75	0.59–23.66	0.16
Pigs	Needle prick	4.37	0.93–20.56	0.06	9.00	1.70–47.60	0.01	3.00	0.31–28.84	0.34
	Slip	4.22	0.53–33.90	0.18	9.94	1.15–86.06	0.04	13.00	0.98–172.95	0.05^&
Sheep	Needle prick	2.39	0.62–9.12	0.20	5.20	1.29–20.94	0.02	6.67	0.99–45.04	0.05^&
	Gastrointestinal infections	2.20	0.46–10.57	0.32	2.30	0.45–11.68	0.32	10.83	1.37–85.44	0.02
Goats	Needle prick	7.92	0.98–63.83	0.05^&	12.00	1.44–99.67	0.02	36.00	2.69–481.21	0.01

OR: odds ratio; CI: Confidence Interval. ^&Variables marginally significant; variables significant at .