Table 2.
Predictors associated with recovery time from SCAP among paediatrics patients in selected governmental hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (n=388)
| Variables | Category | P value | CHR (95% CI) | AHR (95% CI) |
| Age | 0.037 | 1.445 (1.02 to 2.042) | 1.463 (1.161 to 1.843)* | |
| Residence | Urban | 0.086 | 1 | 1 |
| Rural | 0.740 (0.525 to 1.043) | 0.875 (0.608 to 1.259) | ||
| Exclusive breast feeding | Yes | 0.055 | 1 | 1 |
| No | 0.779 (0.604 to 1.005) | 0.923 (0.704 to 1.212) | ||
| Vaccination status | Fully vaccinated | 0.004 | 1 | 1 |
| Partially vaccinated | 0.604 (0.430 to 0.848) | 0.918 (0.624 to 1.351) | ||
| Sunlight exposure | Yes | 0.005 | 1 | 1 |
| No | 0.643 (0.471 to 0.876) | 0.776 (0.551 to 1.093) | ||
| Weight for age | Normal | 0.000 | 1 | 1 |
| Underweight | 0.593 (0.473 to 0.7440) | 0.790 (0.577 to 1.082) | ||
| Height for age | Normal | 0.000 | 1 | 1 |
| Stunting | 0.577 (0.458 to 0.728) | 0.685 (0.517 to 0.908)* | ||
| Weight for height | Normal | 0.008 | 1 | 1 |
| Wasting | 0.735 (0.585 to 0.923) | 1.058 (0.802 to 1.396) | ||
| Duration | ≤5 days | 0.004 | 1 | 1 |
| >5 days | 0.682 (0.528 to 0.882) | 0.705 (0.532 to 0.936)* | ||
| Fever | Low-grade fever | 0.154 | 1 | 1 |
| High-grade fever | 0.902 (0.783 to 1.039) | 0.879 (0.754 to 1.024) | ||
| Saturation | <90% | 0.122 | 1 | 1 |
| >90% | 1.198 (0.952 to 1.507) | 0.948 (0.688 to 1.306) | ||
| Oxygen | Yes | 0.121 | 1 | 1 |
| No | 1.249 (0.943 to 1.655) | 1.046 (0.699 to 1.565) | ||
| Comorbidity | Yes | 0.000 | 1 | 1 |
| No | 1.946 (1.521 to 2.489) | 1.586 (1.214 to 2.071)† |
Bivariate Cox regression analysis was done for each predictor variable. Then, the variables that had p≤0.25 in the bivariate Cox regression analysis were entered into the multivariable Cox regression analysis.
*P value<0.05.
†P value<0.01.
AHR, adjusted HR; CHR, crude HR; SCAP, severe community-acquired pneumonia.