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Barriers to the Reporting of Needlestick/Sharps Injuries among Nursing and Midwifery Students in Arak, Iran
A Seraji, Hr Koohestani, N Baghcheghi, K Rezaei,
Volume 7, Issue 3 (12-2011)
Abstract
Background & Objectives: Nursing and midwifery students are at risk needlestick/sharps injuries (NSIs/Sis). Actual number of NSIs/SIs among students due to insufficient reporting it is not clear in Iran. The aim of this study was to explore the barriers of not reporting of NSIs/SIs among nursing students.
Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Arak University of Medical Sciences in 2009. 207 and 68 nursing and midwifery students were participated in study, respectively. A questionnaire, consisting two sections of demographic information and questions about exposure to (NSIs/SIs) and frequency and barrier reporting of NSIs/SIs, was completed by students.
Results: According to the findings, 43% and 20.5% of nursing and midwifery students had experienced at least one contaminated NSIs/Sis in the past 12 months. Only 44.9 % (n=40) and 50% (n=7) of the nursing and midwifery who had experienced NSIs/Sis in the previous year, were reported all exposures to NSIs/Sis, respectively. The most important the reasons for not reporting injuries consisted of low probabilities of the infection risk of the injury source, not familiar with reporting process and fear of decreasing evaluation score.
Conclusion: NSIs/SIs and non-reporting of NSIs/SIs were highly prevalent in nursing and midwifery students. More education programs should be directed at students to increase their awareness of about NSIs/SIs. Also nursing and midwifery student’s instructors should give positive responses to nursing students for reporting NSIs/SIs.
Designing A Rapid Assessment Questionnaire to Evaluate the Communicable Diseases Surveillance System for Hospitals: An Applied Study
M Hosseiny, Gh Moradi, Mm Gouya, A Janati, E Ghaderi,
Volume 13, Issue 1 (6-2017)
Abstract

Background and Objectives: Evaluation is one of the main components of communicable diseases surveillance. Despite the World Health Organization’s emphasis for preparation of evaluation tools, there is no suitable tool in Iran. This study aimed to prepare a tool for evaluation of communicable diseases surveillance in hospitals and to pilot it.

Methods: Items were prepared in the first step and the first version of questionnaire was developed. Face validity and content validity were checked. Piloting of the questionnaire was done in Tabriz hospitals. Data were entered into SPSS 18. For evaluation of reliability, internal consistency was measured using Cronbach's α and Kuder-Richardson.

Results: According to the results, we developed a questionnaire containing 29 questions in 5 domains with 20 indexes. Fifteen hospitals (78.9%) had a communicable diseases reporting system. The goals of reporting system were not described in these hospitals and only 2 (13.3%) hospitals had supporting laws. None of the hospitals had complete access to the surveillance system and reporting tools.

Conclusion: The developed questionnaire can be a useful tool to evaluate the communicable diseases surveillance system in hospitals. The reporting systems in the hospitals are not complete.


Estimation of Underreporting in the COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalization Registry System Based on Data from a National Survey
Bahar Haghdoost, Zhaleh Abdi, Iraj Harirchi, Elham Ahmadnezhad,
Volume 21, Issue 2 (9-2025)
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has highly impacted health systems, and the limitations of the national reporting system have reduced the accuracy of estimating the burden of this disease. This study examined the underreporting of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations using data from the National Survey on Risk Factors for Non-communicable Diseases (STEPS) in Iran in 2021. In this study, 25,425 individuals from the population aged 18 and above were randomly enrolled. In addition to information on non-communicable disease risk factors, participants were questioned about a history of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and intensive care unit admission. The frequency of these events was then compared with registry data at the time of data collection. According to the results, 9.3% (95% CI: 8.56 to 9.44) reported a history of COVID-19 infection. Furthermore, among those infected, 12.71% (11.25 to 14.20) reported a history of hospitalization due to COVID-19. Among those hospitalized, 13.74% (8.25 to 18.9) had been hospitalized in intensive care units. Based on this, it is estimated that the sensitivity of recording symptomatic cases was 61.7% (59% to 65%) and for hospitalized cases was 86% (77% to 97.1%).
As a conclusion, it can be stated that the registered incidence of symptomatic COVID-19 cases in Iran was underreported by nearly 40%, and hospitalizations due to COVID-19 were underreported by about 15%. Compared to data from many other countries, including developed nations, this situation can be considered as acceptable.

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