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Table 1 Characteristics of selected studies

From: Prevalence of needlestick and sharps injuries in the healthcare workers of Iranian hospitals: an updated meta-analysis

First author (references)

Year

Sample size (n)

Area

Study population

Type of hospital

Total prevalence (%)

All healthcare workers

Only nurses

Geravandi [10]

2016

600

Ahvaz

*

 

Teaching

8.1

Jahangiri [23]

2016

168

Shiraz

*

 

Teaching

54

Salman zadeh [25]

2016

377

Dasht-e Azadegan

*

 

Teaching

18.4

Hajivandi [22]

2015

68

Bushehr

 

*

Teaching

58.8

Mahmoudi [61]

2015

100

Tehran

 

*

Marital

41

Izadi [26]

2015

09

Tehran

*

 

Teaching

26.9

Balouchi [21]

2015

240

Kerman

 

*

Teaching

39

Mirzaei-Alavijeh [24]

2014

70

Rafsanjan

 

*

Teaching

41.4

Ghanei Gheshlagh [2]

2014

120

Saghez

 

*

Teaching

44.2

Bijani [29]

2013

246

Qazvin

 

*

Teaching

31.3

Adib Hajbaghery [5]

2013

298

Kashan

*

 

Teaching

38.3

Rezaei [28]

2013

514

Tehran

 

*

Teaching

26

Shoghli [27]

2013

593

Zanjan

*

 

Teaching

26.3

Rezaei [32]

2012

991

Tehran

*

 

Teaching

16.8

Sharifian [31]

2012

350

Tehran

*

 

Teaching

19.7

Ghannad [35]

2012

89

Hamadan

*

 

Teaching

51.6

Nejadghaderi [33]

2012

186

Rafsanjan

*

 

Teaching

54.1

Tirgar [30]

2012

333

Babol

 

*

Teaching

59.7

Hashemi [34]

2012

700

Hamadan

*

 

Teaching

24.1

Ehsani [37]

2012

328

Tehran

 

*

Teaching

45.1

Mohammadi [38]

2011

138

Qazvin

 

*

Teaching

38.4

Bijani [36]

2011

172

Qazvin

 

*

Teaching

32

Rahnavard [39]

2011

500

Rasht

 

*

Teaching

77.2

Shiva [40]

2011

355

Tehran

*

 

Teaching

49.3

Khalooei [44]

2010

338

Kerman

 

*

Teaching

33

Nasiri [41]

2010

352

Sari

*

 

Teaching

75.6

Moradi [46]

2010

182

Bahar

*

 

Teaching

43.8

Heidari [43]

2010

77

Borujen

*

 

Teaching

74

Mohammadi Nejad [45]

2010

68

Tehran

 

*

Teaching

7

Gholami [42]

2010

400

Urmia

*

 

Teaching

26.8

Kazemi Galougahi [48]

2010

158

Tehran

 

*

Teaching

57

Mohammad Nejad [50]

2009

218

Tehran

 

*

Teaching

43.1

Rakhshani [62]

2009

231

Zahedan

*

 

Teaching

64.9

Abdi [47]

2009

298

Jahrom

*

 

Teaching

47.3

Joneidi Jafari [51]

2008

613

Tehran

 

*

Marital

32.7

Lotfi [52]

2008

0

Astara

*

 

Teaching

7

Azadi [53]

2007

111

Tehran

 

*

Teaching

45

Askarian [54]

2007

1555

Shiraz

 

*

Teaching

26.3

Ebrahimi [55]

2007

180

Shahrud

 

*

Teaching

63.3

Vahedi [57]

2006

847

Sanandaj

*

 

Teaching

64.9

Nazmieh [59]

2005

1020

Yazd

*

 

Teaching

37.8

Rahim nejad [56]

2005

434

Urmia

*

 

Teaching

52.5

Poorolajal [60]

2004

1000

Hamadan

*

 

Teaching

24

Hoseini Shokouh [58]

2003

88

Tehran

*

 

Marital

33