Table 5.
Bivariate and multivariable analysis of factors associated with of puerperal sepsis at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017
| Variable | Bacterial isolate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | COR (95% CI) | P –Value | AOR (95%CI) | P-value | ||
| Parity | Primiparous | 60 | 20 | 1 | 0.023a | 1 | 0.006a |
| Multiparous | 50 | 36 | 2.160 (1.113–4.192) | 4.045 (1.479–11.061) | |||
| HIV | No | 104 | 51 | 1 | 0.399 | ||
| Yes | 6 | 5 | 1.699 (0.495–5.833) | ||||
| ANC | Booked | 92 | 54 | 1 | 0.030a | 1 | |
| Un booked | 18 | 2 | 0.189 (0.042–0,848) | 0.000 | |||
| Duration of labor | < 18 h | 59 | 29 | 1 | 0.094 | 1 | 0.101 |
| > = 18 h | 24 | 22 | 1.865 (0.899–3.868) | 2.058 (0.868–4.879) | |||
| Membrane rupture | 0–8 h | 59 | 29 | 1 | 0.094 | 1 | 0.761 |
| > 8 h | 24 | 22 | 1.865 (0.899–3.868) | 1.151 (0.464–2.859) | |||
| Mode of delivery | Vaginal | 28 | 15 | 1 | 0.603 | ||
| CS | 55 | 36 | 1.220 (0.574–2.599) | ||||
| Placenta removal | Spontaneous | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0.703 | ||
| Cord Traction | 8 | 0 | 0.000 | ||||
| Manual | 1 | 2 | 2.923 (0.239–35.68) | ||||
| Diabetes mellitus | No | 107 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0.117 | |
| Yes | 3 | 7 | 5.095 (1.264–20.54) | 0.022a | 3.471 (0.733–16.433) | ||
| Hypertension | No | 104 | 55 | 1 | 0.291 | ||
| Yes | 6 | 1 | 0.315 (0.037–2.684) | ||||
| Anemia | None | 50 | 33 | 1 | 0.040a | 1 | 0.36 |
| Mild | 23 | 4 | 0.264 (0.084–0.832) | 0.111 (0.020–0.608) | |||
| Moderate | 20 | 15 | 1.136 (0.510–2.531) | 0.846 (0.287–2.494) | |||
| Sever | 17 | 4 | 0.357 (0.110–1.154) | 0.229 (0.045–1.155) | |||
| Place of delivery | Heath institute | 81 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0.729 | |
| Home | 29 | 9 | 0.535 (0.233–1.226) | 0.139 | 0.816 (0.179–3.707) | ||
a Significant at p < 0.05