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. 2022 Mar 1;16(3):e0010235. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010235

Table 5. List of complications among patients (n = 61).

Variable Total n (%) Recovered n (%) Died n (%) p-value
Any complication
Present 26 (42.6) 13 (32.5) 13 (61.9) 0.027
Absent 35 (57.4) 27 (67.5) 8 (38.1)
Hypoxemia
Present 19 (31.1) 6 (15.0) 13 (61.9) 0.164
Absent 42 (68.9) 34 (85.0) 8 (38.1)
Aspiration Pneumonia
Present 12 (19.6) 5 (12.5) 7 (33.3) 0.05
Absent 57 (93.4) 39 (97.5) 18 (85.7)
Bedsore
Present 8 (13.1) 7 (17.5) 1 (4.8) 0.161
Absent 53 (86.9) 33 (82.5) 20 (95.2)
Dysautonomia
Present 4 (6.5) 2 (5.0) 2 (9.5) 0.498
Absent 57 (93.4) 38 (95.0) 19 (90.5)
DVT
Present 3 (4.9) 1 (2.5) 2 (9.5) 0.228
Absent 58 (95.1) 39 (97.5) 19 (90.5)
UTI
Present 2 (3.3) 2 (5.0) 0 0.297
Absent 59 (96.7) 38 (95.0) 21 (100.0)
Sepsis
Present 1 (1.6) 1 (2.5) 0 0.465
Absent 60 (98.4) 39 (97.5) 21 (100.0)
Thrombophlebitis
Present 1 (1.6) 0 1 (4.8) 0.164
Absent 60 (98.4) 40 (100.0) 20 (95.2)
Wound infection
Present 1 (1.6) 1 (2.5) 0 0.465
Absent 60 (98.4) 39 (97.5) 21 (100.0)

p-value determined by Chi-square test; Significant p-values are shown in bold; DVT: Deep Vein Thrombosis; UTI: Urinary Tract Infection.