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., Dini, G., Agodi, A., Pasquarella, C., Zotti, C. M., Durando, P., Sasso, L., Barchitta, M., Maugeri, A., Favara, G., Lio, R. M. S., Rossini, A., Squeri, R., Genovese, C., D'Amato, S., …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