Prevalence of needlestick injuries among nurses and nursing students in Pakistan: a meta-analysis of observational studies.

BMC Nurs · 2025 · PMC12403393 · PMID 40890715

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Meta-regression and publication bias Meta-regression results indicated a decreasing trend in NSI prevalence among nurses from 2000 to 2025 ( p = 0.079), and an inverse relationship with sample size ( p = 0.19).

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