Predicting needlestick and sharps injuries in nursing students: Development of the SNNIP scale

Bagnasco, Annamaria; Zanini, Milko; Catania, Gianluca; Watson, Roger; Hayter, Mark; Dasso, Nicoletta; Dini, Guglielmo; Agodi, Antonella; Pasquarella, Cesira; Zotti, Carla Maria; Durando, Paolo; Sasso, Loredana; Barchitta, Martina; Maugeri, Andrea; Favara, Giuliana; Lio, Roberta Magnano San; Rossini, Angelo; Squeri, Raffaele; Genovese, Cristina; D'Amato, Smeralda; La Fauci, Vincenza; Tardivo, Stefano; Moretti, Francesca; Carli, Alberto; Casini, Beatrice; Baggiani, Angelo; Verani, Marco; Giuliani, Anna Rita; Fabiani, Leila; D’Eugenio, Silvia; Boccia, Giovanni; Santoro, Emanuela; Orsi, Giovanni Battista; Napoli, Christian; Montesano, Marzia; Berdini, Stefania; Bertamino, Enrico; Perre, Antonio; Zerbetto, Alessandro; D’Errico, Marcello; Ortolani, Sandro; Mercuri, Maurizio; Traini, Tiziana; Santarelli, Adoriano; Fiorentini, Rita; Benedetti, Tiziana; Montagna, Maria Teresa; Mascipinto, Simona; Torre, Ida; Pennino, Francesca; Schiavone, Daniela; Iannicelli, Anna Maria; Tartaglia, Edoardo; Ver...

Abstract

© 2020 The Authors. Nursing Open published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Aim: To develop an instrument to investigate knowledge and predictive factors of needlestick and sharps injuries (NSIs) in nursing students during clinical placements. Design: Instrument development and cross-sectional study for psychometric testing. Methods: A self-administered instrument including demographic data, injury epidemiology and predictive factors of NSIs was developed between October 2018–January 2019. Content validity was assessed by a panel of experts. The instrument's factor structure and discriminant validity were explored using principal components analysis. The STROBE guidelines were followed. Results: Evidence of content validity was found (S-CVI 0.75; I-CVI 0.50–1.00). A three-factor structure was shown by exploratory factor analysis. Of the 238 participants, 39% had been injured at least once, of which 67.3% in the second year. Higher perceptions of “personal exposure” (4.06, SD 3.78) were reported by third-year students. Higher scores for “perceived benefits” of preventive behaviours (13.6, SD 1.46) were reported by second-year students.

Citation

Bagnasco, A., Zanini, M., Catania, G., Watson, R., Hayter, M., Dasso, N., …Oriani, R. (2020). Predicting needlestick and sharps injuries in nursing students: Development of the SNNIP scale. Nursing Open, 7(5), 1578-1587. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.540

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 21, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Jun 28, 2020
• Publication Date: 2020-09
• Deposit Date: Aug 13, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 14, 2020
• Journal: Nursing Open
• Electronic ISSN: 2054-1058
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 1578-1587
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.540
• Keywords: Cross‐sectional; Health Belief Model; Knowledge; Needlestick; Nursing students; Prevention; Questionnaire; Sharps injuries; Validation
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3533656
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/nop2.540
• Additional Information: Received: 2020-03-10; Accepted: 2020-05-21; Published: 2020-06-28