’Breaking the Silence: Tackling Underreporting of Needlestick Injuries Among Doctors in the largest Teaching Hospitals in Sudan

Under-reporting of Needlestick Injuries Among Doctors in Teaching Hospitals in Sudan: A cross-sectional study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202606518764702

Enrollment

480

Registered

2026-06-04

Start date

2025-12-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning

Interventions

Structured questionnaire on needlestick injuries and reporting

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion Criteria: 1. Licensed physicians (house officers, medical officers, residents, specialists, and consultants) working in the largest teaching hospitals in Wad Madani, Al Qadarif, Kassala, Al Manaqil, Port Sudan, and Sinnar during the study period. 2. Currently employed and present at one of these hospitals during data collection (not on leave for >3 months). 3. Willing to provide informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion Criteria: 1. Non-physicians (medical students, nurses, clinical officers, pharmacists, laboratory technicians, and administrative staff) 2. Physicians not currently employed or on extended leave/sabbatical during the data collection period 3. Physicians who decline to provide informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Prevalence of NSI under-reporting: the proportion of physicians who experienced a needlestick injury in the preceding 12 months but did not report it through the formal hospital reporting system. Participants reported on NSIs and reporting behaviour occurring in the 12 months prior to survey completion (retrospective recall). Data collection occurred between 19 January 2026 and 06 March 2026; this is a single retrospective cross-section with no follow-up.	—

Measure

Time frame

Prevalence of NSI under-reporting: the proportion of physicians who experienced a needlestick injury in the preceding 12 months but did not report it through the formal hospital reporting system. Participants reported on NSIs and reporting behaviour occurring in the 12 months prior to survey completion (retrospective recall). Data collection occurred between 19 January 2026 and 06 March 2026; this is a single retrospective cross-section with no follow-up.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Factors associated with reporting behaviour following NSIs (odds ratios from logistic regression, including infectious status of the source patient, awareness of the NSI reporting system, and staff level). 2. Differences in NSI under-reporting rates by doctors’ rank (house officers, medical officers, registrars, specialists, consultants). 3. Variations in NSI reporting across medical and surgical specialities. 4. Knowledge scores regarding NSI risks and post-exposure prophylaxis (HBV, HCV, HIV). 5. Distribution of perceived primary barriers to NSI reporting (e.g. not knowing how to report, belief that reporting is unnecessary if vaccinated, unavailability of reporting office, workload, psychosocial factors). All secondary outcomes are measured at a single cross-sectional time point (19 January – 06 March 2026). NSI occurrence and reporting behaviour refer to the preceding 12 months (retrospective recall); knowledge and barrier items reflect participants’ status at the time of survey completion. No longitudinal follow-up was conducted.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Factors associated with reporting behaviour following NSIs (odds ratios from logistic regression, including infectious status of the source patient, awareness of the NSI reporting system, and staff level). 2. Differences in NSI under-reporting rates by doctors’ rank (house officers, medical officers, registrars, specialists, consultants). 3. Variations in NSI reporting across medical and surgical specialities. 4. Knowledge scores regarding NSI risks and post-exposure prophylaxis (HBV, HCV, HIV). 5. Distribution of perceived primary barriers to NSI reporting (e.g. not knowing how to report, belief that reporting is unnecessary if vaccinated, unavailability of reporting office, workload, psychosocial factors). All secondary outcomes are measured at a single cross-sectional time point (19 January – 06 March 2026). NSI occurrence and reporting behaviour refer to the preceding 12 months (retrospective recall); knowledge and barrier items reflect participants’ status at the time of survey completion. No longitudinal follow-up was conducted.

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Countries

Sudan

Contacts

Public ContactArif Moh.Taha

Intern

tahaarif16@gmail.com+249967760273

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026