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Factors Contributing to Sharp Waste Disposal at Health Care Facility Among Diabetic Patients in North-East Peninsular Malaysia

Background: Type 2 diabetic patients are major users of medical sharps in the community. Proper sharp disposal practice among them, however, was reported to be low. The current study was aimed to determine the factors contributing to sharp waste disposal at a health care facility among Type 2 diabet...

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Autores principales: Hasan, Ummu Atiyyah, Mohd Hairon, Suhaily, Yaacob, Najib Majdi, Daud, Aziah, Abdul Hamid, Anees, Hassan, Norzaihan, Ariffin, Mohd Faiz, Yi Vun, Lau
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6651231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31247892
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16132251
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author Hasan, Ummu Atiyyah
Mohd Hairon, Suhaily
Yaacob, Najib Majdi
Daud, Aziah
Abdul Hamid, Anees
Hassan, Norzaihan
Ariffin, Mohd Faiz
Yi Vun, Lau
author_facet Hasan, Ummu Atiyyah
Mohd Hairon, Suhaily
Yaacob, Najib Majdi
Daud, Aziah
Abdul Hamid, Anees
Hassan, Norzaihan
Ariffin, Mohd Faiz
Yi Vun, Lau
author_sort Hasan, Ummu Atiyyah
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description Background: Type 2 diabetic patients are major users of medical sharps in the community. Proper sharp disposal practice among them, however, was reported to be low. The current study was aimed to determine the factors contributing to sharp waste disposal at a health care facility among Type 2 diabetic patients. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, Type 2 diabetic patients who were on insulin therapy attending health clinics were randomly selected and interviewed using a validated questionnaire. Binary logistic regression analysis was applied. Results: Out of 304 respondents, only 11.5% of them brought their used sharps to be disposed at health care facilities. Previous advice on sharp disposal from health care providers, knowledge score, and duration of diabetes were significant contributing factors for sharp waste disposal at health care facilities: (Adj. OR 6.31; 95% CI: 2.63, 15.12; p < 0.001), (Adj. OR 1.05; 95% CI: 1.03, 1.08; p < 0.001), and (Adj. OR 2.51; 95% CI: 1.06, 5.93; p = 0.036), respectively. Conclusion: Continuous education and a locally adapted safe sharp disposal option must be available to increase awareness and facilitate diabetic patients adopting proper sharp disposal behavior.
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spelling pubmed-66512312019-08-07 Factors Contributing to Sharp Waste Disposal at Health Care Facility Among Diabetic Patients in North-East Peninsular Malaysia Hasan, Ummu Atiyyah Mohd Hairon, Suhaily Yaacob, Najib Majdi Daud, Aziah Abdul Hamid, Anees Hassan, Norzaihan Ariffin, Mohd Faiz Yi Vun, Lau Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: Type 2 diabetic patients are major users of medical sharps in the community. Proper sharp disposal practice among them, however, was reported to be low. The current study was aimed to determine the factors contributing to sharp waste disposal at a health care facility among Type 2 diabetic patients. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, Type 2 diabetic patients who were on insulin therapy attending health clinics were randomly selected and interviewed using a validated questionnaire. Binary logistic regression analysis was applied. Results: Out of 304 respondents, only 11.5% of them brought their used sharps to be disposed at health care facilities. Previous advice on sharp disposal from health care providers, knowledge score, and duration of diabetes were significant contributing factors for sharp waste disposal at health care facilities: (Adj. OR 6.31; 95% CI: 2.63, 15.12; p < 0.001), (Adj. OR 1.05; 95% CI: 1.03, 1.08; p < 0.001), and (Adj. OR 2.51; 95% CI: 1.06, 5.93; p = 0.036), respectively. Conclusion: Continuous education and a locally adapted safe sharp disposal option must be available to increase awareness and facilitate diabetic patients adopting proper sharp disposal behavior. MDPI 2019-06-26 2019-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6651231/ /pubmed/31247892 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16132251 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Hasan, Ummu Atiyyah
Mohd Hairon, Suhaily
Yaacob, Najib Majdi
Daud, Aziah
Abdul Hamid, Anees
Hassan, Norzaihan
Ariffin, Mohd Faiz
Yi Vun, Lau
Factors Contributing to Sharp Waste Disposal at Health Care Facility Among Diabetic Patients in North-East Peninsular Malaysia
title Factors Contributing to Sharp Waste Disposal at Health Care Facility Among Diabetic Patients in North-East Peninsular Malaysia
title_full Factors Contributing to Sharp Waste Disposal at Health Care Facility Among Diabetic Patients in North-East Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr Factors Contributing to Sharp Waste Disposal at Health Care Facility Among Diabetic Patients in North-East Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Factors Contributing to Sharp Waste Disposal at Health Care Facility Among Diabetic Patients in North-East Peninsular Malaysia
title_short Factors Contributing to Sharp Waste Disposal at Health Care Facility Among Diabetic Patients in North-East Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort factors contributing to sharp waste disposal at health care facility among diabetic patients in north-east peninsular malaysia
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6651231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31247892
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16132251
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