Table 7.
Factors associated with culture positivity rates of cancer patients at the University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017
| Variables | Culture result | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Neg, n (%) | Pos, n (%) | |||||
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| Sex | Male | 68 (85) | 12 (15.0) | 1 | ||
| Female | 106 (77.9) | 30 (22.1) | 1.60 (0.769–3.346) | |||
| Age (years) | <25 | 27 (84.4) | 5 (15.6) | 1 | ||
| 25–44 | 56 (75.7) | 18 (24.3) | 1.74 (0.582–5.173) | |||
| 45–64 | 72 (82.8) | 15 (17.2) | 1.13 (0.373–3.395) | |||
| ≥65 | 19 (82.6) | 4 (17.4) | 1.14 (0.269–4.797) | |||
| Education | No formal education | 104 (77.6) | 30 (22.4) | 1.27 (0.443–3.636) | ||
| Primary | 40 (88.9) | 5 (11.1) | 0.55 (0.143–2.110) | |||
| Secondary | 8 (80.0) | 2 (20.0) | 1.10 (0.177–6.848) | |||
| Tertiary | 22 (81.5) | 5 (18.5) | 1 | |||
| Occupation | Civil servant | 22 (78.6) | 6 (21.4) | 1 | ||
| Farmer | 48 (81.4) | 11 (18.6) | 0.84 (0.275–2.563) | |||
| Merchant | 19 (90.0) | 1 (5.0) | 0.19 (0.021–1.749) | |||
| Housewife | 64 (77.1) | 19 (22.9) | 1.09 (0.386–3.073) | |||
| Others | 22 (84.6) | 4 (15.4) | 0.87 (0.231–3.297) | |||
| Residence | Rural | 87 (78.4) | 21 (24.6) | 1.33 (0.676–2.631) | ||
| Urban | 87 (82.9) | 18 (17.1) | 1 | |||
| Patient setting | Inpatient | 59 (75.6) | 19 (24.4) | 1.61 (0.813–3.191) | 1.52 (0.710–3.266) | 0.280 |
| Outpatient | 115 (83.3) | 23 (16.7) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Type of cancer | Hematological | 45 (91.8) | 4 (8.2) | 1 | 1 | |
| Solid | 129 (77.2) | 38 (22.8) | 3.31 (1.120–9.805)a | 3.19 (1.026–9.882)b | 0.045 | |
| Stage of cancer | I | 10 (83.3) | 2 (16.7) | 1 | ||
| II | 16 (84.2) | 3 (15.8) | 0.94 (0.133–6.628) | |||
| III | 26 (83.9) | 5 (16.1) | 0.96 (0.160–5.786) | |||
| IV | 26 (72.2) | 10 (27.8) | 1.92 (0.357–10.363) | |||
| Unknown stage | 96 (81.4) | 22 (18.6) | 1.15 (0.234–5.604) | |||
| Hospital admission | No | 23 (92.0) | 2 (8.0) | 1 | 1 | |
| Yes | 151 (79.1) | 40 (20.9) | 3.05 (0.689–13.468) | 1.24 (0.221–6.915) | 0.810 | |
| Cancer treatment | Yes | 119 (76.3) | 36 (23.2) | 2.77 (1.104–6.969)a | 3.38 (1.286–8.882)b | 0.014 |
| No | 55 (90.2) | 6 (9.8) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Catheter use | Yes | 110 (75.9) | 35 (24.1) | 2.91 (1.221–6.930)a | 2.04 (0.747–5.580) | 0.164 |
| No | 64 (90.1) | 7 (9.9) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Symptomatic for infection | No | 94 (94.0) | 6 (6.0) | 1 | 1 | |
| Yes | 80 (69.0) | 36 (31.0) | 7.05 (2.826–17.589)a | 7.85 (3.086–19.980)b | 0.001 | |
| Neutrophil count (cells/μL) | <4,000 | 84 (84.0) | 16 (16.0) | 1.71 (0.203–14.484) | ||
| 4,000–11,000 | 81 (76.4) | 25 (23.6) | 2.78 (0.335–23.006) | |||
| >11,000 | 9 (90.0) | 1 (10.0) | 1 | |||
Notes:
a
Associated factors in bivariate logistic regression analysis.
b
Associated factors in multivariate logistic regression analysis.
Abbreviations: Neg, negative; Pos, positive.