Prevalence of needlestick injury among healthcare workers in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies in the meta-analysis of the prevalence of needlestick injury among healthcare workers in Ethiopia, 2019

First author (reference)	Year	Region	Study group	Article quality	Sampling technique	Facility type	Sample size (n)	Participants with NSI
First author (reference)	Year	Region	Study group	Article quality	Sampling technique	Facility type	Sample size (n)	12 months	Lifetime
Beyene [37]	2014	SNNP	HCP	Low risk	Nonprobability	HS and HC	162		58
Mideksa [38]	2014	Somali	HCP	Low risk	Probability	HS and HC	316	95
Desalegn [39]	2015	SAC	HCP	Low risk	Nonprobability	HS	254		155
Elfu [40]	2013	SAC	HCP	Low risk	Probability	HS	645		277
Kebede [41]	2018	Amara	HCP	Low risk	Probability	HS	258	89
Bidira [42]	2014	Oromia	HCP	Low risk	Unknown	HS	211	83
Reda [43]	2010	Harari	HCP	Low risk	Probability	HS and HC	475	83	145
Kebede [44]	2012	Amara	HCP*	Low risk	Probability	HS and HC	344	106
Mekonnen [45]	2018	SAC	HCP	Low risk	Probability	HS and HC	305	81	164
Tadesse [46]	2016	SNNP	HCP	Low risk	Probability	HS and HC	760	419	483
Teju [47]	2015	Amara	HCP	Low risk	Probability	HC	194		83
Bekele [48]	2015	Oromia	HCP*	Low risk	Probability	HS	362	69	134
Azage [49]	2014	Amara	HCP	Low risk	Probability	All types	209	61	104
Kaweti [50]	2016	SNNP	HCP*	Low risk	Unknown	HS	496	132
Dilie [51]	2017	Amara	HCP	Low risk	Probability	HS and HC	213	28
Alemayehu [52]	2016	Harari^#	*	Low risk	Probability	HS and HC	253	69
Aynalem [53]	2014	Amara	HCP	Low risk	Nonprobability	HS and HC	234	74
Taddesse [54]	2016	SAC	HCP*	Low risk	Nonprobability	HS	313		98
Reda [55]	2009	Harari^#	HCP	Low risk	Probability	HS and HC	330	96
Girma [56]	2015	Oromia	HCP*	Low risk	Probability	HS	232	71
Yizengaw [57]	2018	Amara	HCP*	Low risk	Probability	HS	388		72
Adane [58]	2019	Amara	HCP	Low risk	Probability	HS	332		194
Yasin [59]	2019	Amara	HCP	Low risk	Probability	HS	282	58	119

SAC self-administrative cities, HCP healthcare professional, Harari^# Harari and Dire Dawa, HCP* healthcare professional and cleaner, HS hospital, HC health center, SNNP Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People

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