Table 2.
Association of Socio-Demographic Factors with Orthopedic Surgical Site Infection at Arba Minch General Hospital
| Variables | Category | Culture Result | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive (%) | Negative (%) | |||||
| Sex | Male | 45 (62.5) | 120 (69.4) | 0.736 (0.414–1.310) | 0.682 (0.341–1.364) | 0.279 |
| Female | 27 (37.5) | 53 (30.6) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Age | ≥18 | 12 (16.7) | 24 (13.9) | 1.437 (0.497–4.157) | 1.689 (0.460–6.198) | 0.429 |
| 19–38 | 32 (44.4) | 78 (45.1) | 1.179 (0.478–2.912) | 1.606 (0.530–4.868) | 0.403 | |
| 39–58 | 20 (27.8) | 48 (27.7) | 1.198 (0.459–3.125) | 1.750 (0.539–5.679) | 0.351 | |
| 59–78 | 8 (11.1) | 23 (13.3) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Education | Illiterate | 1 (1.4) | 7 (4.0) | 2.597 (0.303–22.276) | ||
| Primary | 23 (31.9) | 62 (35.8) | 3.212 (0.382–27.008) | |||
| Secondary | 39 (54.2) | 85 (49.1) | 3.316 (0.353–31.158) | |||
| College & above | 9 (12.5) | 19 (11.0) | 1 | |||
| Residence | Urban | 34 (47.2) | 72 (41.6) | 1 | 1 | |
| Rural | 38 (52.8) | 101 (58.4) | 1.255 (0.722–2.181) | 0.664 (0.341–1.293) | 0.228 | |
| Occupation | Farmer | 10 (13.9) | 38 (22.0) | 1 | 1 | |
| Housewife | 6 (8.3) | 13 (7.5) | 1.754 (0.532–5.777) | 0.356 | ||
| Student | 19 (26.4) | 47 (27.2) | 1.536 (0.639–3.693) | 0.337 | ||
| Merchant | 16 (22.2) | 36 (20.8) | 1.689 (0.678–4.205) | 0.260 | ||
| Employee | 13 (18.1) | 20 (11.6) | 2.470 (0.921–6.623) | 0.072 | ||
| Driver | 8 (11.1) | 19 (11.0) | 1.600 (0.543–4.714) | 0.394 | ||
Abbreviations: COR, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CL, confidence interval.