| Medical care items |
Occupation |
Small-sized city (n=211) |
Medium-sized city (n=265) |
Large-sized city (n=169) |
P for trend |
| Used syringes (blood adhered) |
|
|
|
|
|
| *** |
Doctor |
37.9 |
53.6 |
62.1 |
<0.001 |
| ** |
Nurse |
73 |
60.8 |
57.4 |
0.001 |
| Used syringes (drug only) |
|
|
|
|
|
| *** |
Doctor |
33.2 |
41.9 |
54.4 |
<0.001 |
| ** |
Nurse |
70.1 |
56.2 |
53.8 |
0.001 |
| Needle |
|
|
|
|
|
| *** |
Doctor |
37 |
58.9 |
62.7 |
<0.001 |
| ** |
Nurse |
74.4 |
64.9 |
59.2 |
0.002 |
| Infusion needle |
|
|
|
|
|
| *** |
Doctor |
36 |
56.6 |
60.4 |
<0.001 |
| ** |
Nurse |
73.5 |
63.8 |
58 |
0.001 |
| Pen-type self-injection needle |
|
|
|
|
|
| ** |
Doctor |
19.4 |
30.9 |
34.3 |
0.001 |
|
Nurse |
29.9 |
28.3 |
28.4 |
0.743 |
| Infusion bag, tube, catheter |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Doctor |
26.1 |
28.7 |
29.6 |
0.437 |
| *** |
Nurse |
66.8 |
49.4 |
40.8 |
0 |
| Infusion pump |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Doctor |
20.4 |
26 |
29 |
0.05 |
| * |
Nurse |
26.5 |
18.9 |
16 |
0.01 |
| Central venous catheter |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Doctor |
34.6 |
37 |
33.1 |
0.811 |
|
Nurse |
31.3 |
26.4 |
23.7 |
0.093 |
| Nasal tube, gastric fistula catheter |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Doctor |
31.3 |
32.1 |
32 |
0.882 |
|
Nurse |
30.3 |
23.4 |
23.7 |
0.121 |
| Enteral nutrients, nutritional adjustment diet vessel, feeding tube |
|
|
|
|
|
| * |
Doctor |
9.5 |
4.5 |
10.7 |
0.809 |
|
Nurse |
16.6 |
13.2 |
14.2 |
0.477 |
| Portable injector (for morphine injection) |
|
|
|
|
|
| * |
Doctor |
25.1 |
34.7 |
34.9 |
0.033 |
|
Nurse |
16.1 |
16.6 |
16 |
0.982 |
| Ventilator mask |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Doctor |
7.6 |
7.5 |
10.1 |
0.404 |
|
Nurse |
9 |
9.8 |
11.8 |
0.371 |
| Endotracheal suction catheter |
|
|
|
|
|
| * |
Doctor |
9.5 |
6 |
13.6 |
0.222 |
|
Nurse |
21.8 |
16.6 |
17.2 |
0.22 |
| Tracheal cannula |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Doctor |
39.3 |
43.8 |
47.3 |
0.115 |
|
Nurse |
15.2 |
10.6 |
13 |
0.472 |
| Continuous Automated Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) bag |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Doctor |
8.5 |
5.3 |
7.1 |
0.522 |
|
Nurse |
5.7 |
5.3 |
4.7 |
0.681 |
| Urinary catheter, bag |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Doctor |
12.8 |
9.1 |
16 |
0.423 |
| ** |
Nurse |
38.9 |
27.2 |
26.6 |
0.007 |
Multiple answers were allowed. Values are percent for each population size.
*: p<0.05, **: p<0.01, ***: p<0.001, Significant difference by chi-square test among three population groups.