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Table 4 Binary logistic regression analysis to identify factors associated with surgical site infection among patients who undergone surgical procedure in public hospital of Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia, May, 2018(n = 321)

From: The prevalence and root causes of surgical site infections in public versus private hospitals in Ethiopia: a retrospective observational cohort study

Characteristics

SSI

COR(95%CI)

AOR(95% CI)

Yes

No

Age in years

 ≤ 24

4

66

1

1

 25–35

9

119

1.24 (0.37 4.20)

1.33 (0.35 5.00)

 ≥ 36

30

93

5.32 (1.78 15.82)

3.28 (0.98 10.99)

Sex

 Male

23

103

1

1

 Female

20

175

0.51 (0.26 0.97)

0.86 (0.36 1.89)

Wound type

 Clean

20

225

1

1

 Clean contaminated and dirty

23

53

4.88 (2.49 9.53)

4.37 (1.88 10.14)*

Monthly income in ETB

 ≤ 1600

9

102

1

1

 1601–2500

15

73

2.32 (0.96 5.61)

2.42 (0.84 6.90)

 ≥ 2501

19

103

2.09 (0.90 4.83)

2.18 (0.82 5.76)

Length of hospital stay

 < 6 days

7

137

1

1

 ≥ 6 days

36

141

4.99 (2.15 11.61)

2.86 (1.11 7.33)*

Duration of surgical procedure

 ≤ 30 min

5

70

1

1

 31–60 min

17

172

1.38 (0.49 3.89)

2.52 (0.82 7.79)

 > 60 min

21

36

8.16 (2.84 23.45)

15.24 (4.48 51.83)*

  1. *Shows P-value less than 0.05