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Table 5 Binary logistic regression analysis to identify factors associated with surgical site infection among patients who undergone surgical procedure in private hospitals 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

Residence

 Urban

18

207

1

1

 Rural

3

93

0.37 (0.10 1.29)

0.13 (0.034 0.55)*

Sex

 Male

13

134

1

1

 Female

8

166

0.49 (0.20 1.23)

0.40 (0.14 1.12)

Wound type

 Clean

7

235

1

1

 Clean contaminated and dirty

14

65

7.23 (2.80 18.65)

12.81 (4.42 37.08)*

Length of hospital stay

 < 6 days

4

119

1

1

 ≥ 6 days

17

181

2.79 (0.91 8.50)

2.95 (0.85 10.19)

Duration of surgical procedure

 ≤ 30 min

4

136

1

1

 31–60 min

11

122

3.06 (0.95 9.87)

2.08 (0.58 7.44)

 > 60 min

6

42

4.85 (1.30 18.03)

3.37 (0.80 14.20)

  1. *Shows P-value less than 0.05