The impact of emotional intelligence and personality traits on the occurrence of unsafe behaviors and needle stick injuries among the nurses
This study was aimed to investigate the effect of emotional intelligence and some personality traits on safe behavior and needle stick injuries among the nurses. This cross-sectional study was performed on 200 nursing staff of a hospital in Iran. To collect data, individuals were asked to complete s...
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| author | Masoud Askari Majdabadi Saeid Yazdanirad Rasoul Yarahmadi Jamileh Abolghasemi Hossein Ebrahimi |
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| description | This study was aimed to investigate the effect of emotional intelligence and some personality traits on safe behavior and needle stick injuries among the nurses. This cross-sectional study was performed on 200 nursing staff of a hospital in Iran. To collect data, individuals were asked to complete several questionnaires, including demographic questionnaire, domain-specific risk-taking questionnaire, Rosenberg self-confidence questionnaire, Buss-Perry aggression questionnaire, Goleman emotional intelligence questionnaire, and safe behavior questionnaire. Also, the number of needlestick injuries in the participants was extracted from their medical records. Data were analyzed using the SPSS software (version 22), and path analysis was performed using AMOS software. The prevalence of needle stick injuries in the subjects was estimated by 45.5 percent. The results showed that increasing risk-taking, increasing aggression, decreasing self-confidence, and decreasing emotional intelligence reduced safe behavior and increased the number of needle injuries (P < 0.001). In the present study, some personal traits affecting the occurrence of needlestick injuries were identified. It is recommended that people without these negative traits are applied in dangerous occupations with a high probability of needle stick injuries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4b041c41be0d4aca8cfef63f65c13e8d2022-12-22T02:38:06ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402022-06-0186e09584The impact of emotional intelligence and personality traits on the occurrence of unsafe behaviors and needle stick injuries among the nursesMasoud Askari Majdabadi0Saeid Yazdanirad1Rasoul Yarahmadi2Jamileh Abolghasemi3Hossein Ebrahimi4Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranSchool of Health, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, IranDepartment of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Corresponding author.This study was aimed to investigate the effect of emotional intelligence and some personality traits on safe behavior and needle stick injuries among the nurses. This cross-sectional study was performed on 200 nursing staff of a hospital in Iran. To collect data, individuals were asked to complete several questionnaires, including demographic questionnaire, domain-specific risk-taking questionnaire, Rosenberg self-confidence questionnaire, Buss-Perry aggression questionnaire, Goleman emotional intelligence questionnaire, and safe behavior questionnaire. Also, the number of needlestick injuries in the participants was extracted from their medical records. Data were analyzed using the SPSS software (version 22), and path analysis was performed using AMOS software. The prevalence of needle stick injuries in the subjects was estimated by 45.5 percent. The results showed that increasing risk-taking, increasing aggression, decreasing self-confidence, and decreasing emotional intelligence reduced safe behavior and increased the number of needle injuries (P < 0.001). In the present study, some personal traits affecting the occurrence of needlestick injuries were identified. It is recommended that people without these negative traits are applied in dangerous occupations with a high probability of needle stick injuries.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022008726Needlestick injuriesEmotional intelligencePersonality traitsSafe behavior |
| spellingShingle | Masoud Askari Majdabadi Saeid Yazdanirad Rasoul Yarahmadi Jamileh Abolghasemi Hossein Ebrahimi The impact of emotional intelligence and personality traits on the occurrence of unsafe behaviors and needle stick injuries among the nurses Heliyon Needlestick injuries Emotional intelligence Personality traits Safe behavior |
| title | The impact of emotional intelligence and personality traits on the occurrence of unsafe behaviors and needle stick injuries among the nurses |
| title_full | The impact of emotional intelligence and personality traits on the occurrence of unsafe behaviors and needle stick injuries among the nurses |
| title_fullStr | The impact of emotional intelligence and personality traits on the occurrence of unsafe behaviors and needle stick injuries among the nurses |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of emotional intelligence and personality traits on the occurrence of unsafe behaviors and needle stick injuries among the nurses |
| title_short | The impact of emotional intelligence and personality traits on the occurrence of unsafe behaviors and needle stick injuries among the nurses |
| title_sort | impact of emotional intelligence and personality traits on the occurrence of unsafe behaviors and needle stick injuries among the nurses |
| topic | Needlestick injuries Emotional intelligence Personality traits Safe behavior |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022008726 |
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