Table 2.
Bivariate analysis of the association between SAP compliance with STG and socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patient
| Variables | Categories | Compliance with STG | Fisher’s exact test | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes, n (%) | No, n (%) | P value | ||
| Age ranges | 20 and below | 3(7.3) | 38 (92.7) | 0.003 |
| 21–40 | 5 (1.2) | 414 (98.8) | ||
| 41–60 | 4 (3.8) | 102 (96.2) | ||
| 61 and above | 3 (9.7) | 28 (90.3) | ||
| Gender | Male | 3 (3.8) | 76 (96.2) | 0.434 |
| Female | 12 (2.3) | 506 (97.7) | ||
| Type of surgery | Elective | 6 (2.3) | 271 (97.8) | 0.794 |
| Emergency | 9 (2.8) | 311 (97.2) | ||
| Residence | Urban | 7 (2.6) | 262 (97.4) | 1.000 |
| Rural | 8 (2.4) | 320 (97.6) | ||
| Presence of Comorbid disease | Yes | 6 (5.7) | 98 (94.3) | 0.032 |
| No | 9 (1.8) | 484 (98.2) | ||
| Duration of surgery | <1 hour | 2 (1.3) | 155 (98.7) | 0.394 |
| 1–2 hours | 13 (3.2) | 394 (96.8) | ||
| 3 hours and > | 0 (0) | 33 (100) | ||
| Type of surgical procedure | GI | 6 (7.0) | 80 (93.0) | 0.000 |
| Gynaecology | 3 (0.7) | 415 (99.3) | ||
| Orthopaedics | 3 (12.5) | 21 (87.5) | ||
| Urology | 1 (7.1) | 13 (92.9) | ||
| Others | 2 (3.6) | 53 (96.4) | ||
| Surgical wound Class | Clean | 3 (5.3) | 54 (94.7) | 0.020 |
| Clean-Contaminated | 8 (1.7) | 474 (98.3) | ||
| Contaminated | 4 (6.9) | 54 (93.1) | ||
| SAP choice appropriateness | Yes | 3 (3.8) | 76 (96.2) | 0.783 |
| No | 12 (2.3) | 506 (97.7) | ||
| SAP duration appropriateness | Yes | 6 (2.3) | 271 (97.8) | 0.000 |
| No | 9 (2.8) | 311 (97.2) | ||
| Postoperative hospitalization duration | 1 day and below | 3 (1.7) | 184 (98.3) | 0.005 |
| 2–5 days | 6 (1.8) | 333 (98.2) | ||
| 6–9 days | 3 (5.7) | 50 (94.3) | ||
| Above 9 days | 3 (16.7) | 15 (83.3) | ||
Emboldened P values are those that are below the significance level of 0.005. Independent variables with P-values boldened showed statistically significant association with SAP compliance using Ghana STG from Fisher's exact test.