Table 1.
Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients at surgical wards of TASH (N = 131)
| Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Female | 58 (44.3) |
| Male | 73 (55.7) |
| Age in years | |
| < 30 | 39 (29.8) |
| 30–50 | 40 (30.5) |
| > 50 | 52 (39.7) |
| Residence | |
| Urban | 71 (54.2) |
| Rural | 60 (45.8) |
| Cigarette smoking | |
| No | 109 (83.2) |
| Yes | 22 (16.8) |
| Alcohol intake | |
| No | 90 (68.7) |
| Yes | 41 (31.3) |
| Preoperative blood transfusion | |
| No | 101 (77.1) |
| Yes | 30 (22.9) |
| Systemic steroid use | |
| No | 115 (87.8) |
| Yes | 16 (12.2) |
| Preoperative hospital stay (days) | |
| > 7 | 62 (47.3) |
| ≤ 7 | 69 (52.7) |
| Co-morbidities | |
| Cardiovascular disease | 20 (15.3) |
| Hypertension | 9 (6.9) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 2 (1.5) |
| HIV/AIDS | 5 (3.8) |
| Infectiona | 8 (6.1) |
| Multiple co-morbidities | 7 (5.3) |
| Othersb | 6 (4.6) |
| Wound class | |
| Clean | 43 (32.8) |
| Clean contaminated | 64 (48.9) |
| Contaminated | 16 (12.2) |
| Dirty | 8 (6.1) |
| Surgery type | |
| Emergency | 25 (19.1) |
| Elective | 106 (80.9) |
| Previous surgery | |
| No | 98 (74.8) |
| Yes | 33 (25.2) |
Infectiona: infections other than SSIs. Othersb include cancer, psychotic disorders, asthma, and epilepsy