Table 1.
Details of patients with in‐hospital surgical delay and timely surgical intervention
| All patients (n = 764) | Timely surgery (n = 483) | In‐hospital surgical delay (n = 281) | P ‡ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years)* | 35·7(18·1) | 35·3(17·8) | 36·4(18·5) | 0·212§ |
| Sex ratio (F : M) | 155 : 609 | 82 : 401 | 73 : 208 | 0·003 |
| Transferred | 646 of 762 (84·8) | 415 of 482 (86·1) | 231 of 280 (82·5) | 0·182 |
| Transferred from | 0·187 | |||
| Health centre | 122 (18·9) | 87 (21·0) | 35 (15·2) | |
| District hospital | 425 (65·8) | 262 (63·1) | 163 (70·6) | |
| Private hospital | 85 (13·2) | 58 (14·0) | 27 (11·7) | |
| Tertiary hospital | 14 (2·2) | 8 (1·9) | 6 (2·6) | |
| Pre‐hospital delay in presentation | n = 749 | n = 474 | n = 275 | 0·003 |
| < 24 h | 129 (17·2) | 84 (17·7) | 45 (16·4) | 0·635 |
| 24–48 h | 100 (13·4) | 78 (16·5) | 22 (8·0) | 0·001 |
| 49–72 h | 110 (14·7) | 71 (15·0) | 39 (14·2) | 0·77 |
| > 3 days | 410 (54·7) | 241 (50·8) | 169 (61·5) | 0·005 |
| Weekend presentation | 163 (21·3) | 97 (20·1) | 66 (23·5) | 0·268 |
| Night‐time admission | 194 (25·4) | 101 (20·9) | 93 (33·1) | < 0·001 |
| Any co‐morbidity† | 94 of 720 (13·1) | 67 of 450 (14·9) | 27 of 270 (10·0) | 0·063 |
| Year of admission | < 0·001 | |||
| 2013 | 36 (4·7) | 24 (5·0) | 12 (4·3) | 0·660 |
| 2014 | 250 (32·7) | 171 (35·4) | 79 (28·1) | 0·038 |
| 2015 | 172 (22·5) | 119 (24·6) | 53 (18·9) | 0·065 |
| 2016 | 138 (18·1) | 87 (18·0) | 51 (18·1) | 0·962 |
| 2017 | 168 (22·0) | 82 (17·0) | 86 (30·6) | < 0·001 |
| Occupation | 0·008 | |||
| Farmer | 336 (44·0) | 210 (43·6) | 126 (44·8) | 0·733 |
| Other employment | 218 (28·6) | 144 (29·9) | 74 (26·3) | 0·296 |
| Student/child | 134 (17·6) | 93 (19·3) | 41 (14·6) | 0·100 |
| Unemployed | 75 (9·8) | 35 (7·3) | 40 (14·2) | 0·002 |
Values in parentheses are percentages unless indicated otherwise;
*
values are mean(s.d.)
†
Includes tuberculosis, history of recent treatment for malaria, hypertension, diabetes, known cancer and mental disability.
‡
χ2 test, except §Student's t test.