Table 1.
Characteristics of patients included in point prevalence surveys by year; OPBG, 2008–2016
| 2008 (N = 379) | 2009 (N = 267) | 2010 (N = 320) | 2011 (N = 320) | 2012 (N = 353) | 2013 (N = 344) | 2014 (N = 333) | 2015 (N = 368) | 2016 (N = 331) | Total (n = 3015) | P-value for trend | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Sex | |||||||||||
| Female | 160 (42.2) | 111 (41.6) | 148 (46.2) | 158 (49.4) | 154 (43.6) | 143 (41.6) | 154 (46.2) | 165 (44.8) | 159 (48.0) | 1352 (44.8) | 0.2 |
| Age | |||||||||||
| ≤2 months | 59 (15.6) | 44 (16.5) | 59 (18.4) | 53 (16.6) | 66 (18.7) | 45 (13.1) | 55 (16.5) | 63 (17.1) | 63 (19.0) | 507 (16.8) | 0.6 |
| 3–11 months | 58 (15.3) | 42 (15.7) | 57 (17.8) | 57 (17.8) | 64 (18.1) | 57 (16.6) | 55 (16.5) | 54 (14.7) | 53 (16.0) | 497 (16.5) | 0.7 |
| 1–5 years | 102 (26.9) | 77 (28.8) | 71 (22.2) | 77 (24.1) | 92 (26.1) | 82 (23.8) | 76 (22.8) | 98 (26.6) | 85 (25.7) | 760 (25.2) | 0.6 |
| 6–11 years | 104 (27.4) | 62 (23.2) | 91 (28.4) | 82 (25.6) | 88 (24.9) | 94 (27.3) | 92 (27.6) | 84 (22.8) | 79 (23.9) | 776 (25.7) | 0.3 |
| ≥ 12 years | 55 (14.5) | 40 (15.0) | 40 (12.5) | 51 (15.9) | 42 (11.9) | 66 (19.2) | 55 (16.5) | 69 (18.8) | 51 (15.4) | 469 (15.6) | 0.09 |
| Missing | 1 (0.3) | 2 (0.7) | 2 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (0.2) | |
| Length of hospital stay (days) | |||||||||||
| ≤7 | 220 (58.1) | 132 (49.4) | 159 (49.7) | 165 (51.6) | 152 (43.1) | 170 (49.4) | 150 (45.1) | 198 (53.8) | 134 (40.5) | 1480 (49.1) | 0.0008 |
| 8–30 | 96 (25.3) | 82 (30.7) | 109 (34.1) | 95 (29.7) | 132 (37.4) | 103 (29.9) | 111 (33.3) | 113 (30.7) | 121 (36.5) | 962 (31.9) | 0.02 |
| > 30 | 63 (16.6) | 52 (19.5) | 52 (16.2) | 60 (18.7) | 69 (19.5) | 70 (20.3) | 72 (21.6) | 57 (15.5) | 76 (23.0) | 571 (18.9) | 0.1 |
| Missing | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.1) | |
| Ward Type | |||||||||||
| Medical unit | 131 (34.6) | 99 (37.1) | 103 (32.2) | 117 (36.5) | 107 (30.3) | 111 (32.2) | 126 (37.8) | 112 (30.4) | 125 (37.8) | 1031 (34.2) | 0.9 |
| Surgical unit | 136 (35.9) | 67 (25.1) | 93 (29.1) | 84 (26.3) | 100 (28.4) | 88 (25.6) | 71 (21.4) | 104 (28.3) | 67 (20.2) | 810 (26.9) | 0.0001 |
| Medical subspecialty unit | 80 (21.1) | 76 (28.4) | 91 (28.4) | 84 (26.3) | 113 (32.0) | 112 (32.6) | 101 (30.3) | 106 (28.8) | 98 (29.6) | 861 (28.6) | 0.01 |
| Intensive care unit | 32 (8.4) | 25 (9.4) | 33 (10.3) | 35 (10.9) | 33 (9.3) | 33 (9.6) | 35 (10.5) | 46 (12.5) | 41 (12.4) | 313 (10.4) | 0.05 |