Leo Beletsky1, Daniela Abramovitz, Jaime Arredondo, Pieter Baker, Irina Artamonova, Phil Marotta, Maria Luisa Mittal, Teresita Rocha-Jimenez, Javier A Cepeda, Mario Morales, Erika Clairgue, Thomas A Patterson, Steffanie A Strathdee. 1. Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, School of Medicine, University of California (Mr Beletsky, Ms Abramovitz, Dr Arredondo, Mr Baker, Ms Artamonova, Dr Mittal, Dr Rocha-Jimenez, Dr Cepeda, Mr Morales, Ms Clairgue, Dr Patterson, Dr Strathdee); School of Law & Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Massachusetts (Mr Beletsky); British Columbia Centre on Substance Use, Vancouver, Canada; Programa de Politica de Drogas, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economica, Aguascalientes, Mexico (Dr Arredondo); School of Public Health, San Diego State University (Mr Baker, Dr Rocha-Jimenez), San Diego, California; School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, New York; Department of Pyschiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut (Dr Marotta); School of Medicine, Universidad Xochicalco, Chapultepec Alamar, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico (Dr Mittal); Society and Health Research Center, Facultad de Humanidades, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile (Dr Rocha-Jimenez); School of Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (Mr Morales).
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate syringe threat and injury correlates (STIC) score to measure police vulnerability to needlestick injury (NSI). METHODS: Tijuana police officers (N = 1788) received NSI training (2015 to 2016). STIC score incorporates five self-reported behaviors: syringe confiscation, transportation, breaking, discarding, and arrest for syringe possession. Multivariable logistic regression was used to evaluate the association between STIC score and recent NSI. RESULTS: Twenty-three (1.5%) officers reported NSI; higher among women than men (3.8% vs 1.2%; P = 0.007). STIC variables had high internal consistency, a distribution of 4.0, a mode of 1.0, a mean (sd) of 2.0 (0.8), and a median (interquartile range [IQR]) of 2.0 (1.2 to 2.6). STIC was associated with recent NSI; odds of NSI being 2.4 times higher for each point increase (P-value <0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: STIC score is a novel tool for assessing NSI risk and prevention program success among police.
OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate syringe threat and injury correlates (STIC) score to measure police vulnerability to needlestick injury (NSI). METHODS: Tijuana police officers (N = 1788) received NSI training (2015 to 2016). STIC score incorporates five self-reported behaviors: syringe confiscation, transportation, breaking, discarding, and arrest for syringe possession. Multivariable logistic regression was used to evaluate the association between STIC score and recent NSI. RESULTS: Twenty-three (1.5%) officers reported NSI; higher among women than men (3.8% vs 1.2%; P = 0.007). STIC variables had high internal consistency, a distribution of 4.0, a mode of 1.0, a mean (sd) of 2.0 (0.8), and a median (interquartile range [IQR]) of 2.0 (1.2 to 2.6). STIC was associated with recent NSI; odds of NSI being 2.4 times higher for each point increase (P-value <0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: STIC score is a novel tool for assessing NSI risk and prevention program success among police.
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