Table 2.

Clinical factors among adult chronic illness patients admitted at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2016–2020 (N = 597).

Variables	Response	Number of patients developed NIs (%)	Number of censored (%)	Frequency (%)
Type I DM
	Yes	0	27 (4.52)	27 (4.52)
	No	53 (8.88)	517 (86.6)	570 (95.48)
Type II DM
	Yes	7 (1.17)	75 (12.52)	82 (13.74)
	No	45 (7.54)	470 (78.73)	515 (86.26)
Cardiac disease
	Yes	25 (4.19)	211 (35.34)	236 (39.53)
	No	27 (4.52)	334 (55.94)	361 (60.47)
Chronic Renal disease
	Yes	6 (1.0)	49 (8.2)	55 (9.21)
	No	46 (7.7)	496 (83.08)	542 (90.79)
Chronic liver disease
	Yes	13 (2.18)	74 (12.4)	87 (14.57)
	No	39 (6.53)	471 (78.89)	510 (85.43 )
Asthma
	Yes	2 (0.33)	20 (3.51)	22 (3.69)
	No	51 (8.54)	524 (87.65)	575 (96.31)
COPD
	Yes	0	42 (7.04)	42 (7.04)
	No	53 (8.88)	502 (84.09)	555 (92.96)
Hypertension
	Yes	11 (1.84)	163 (27.3)	174 (29.15)
	No	41 (6.87)	382 (63.99)	423 (70.85)
History of previous admission
	Yes	21 (3.51)	152 (25.46)	173 (28.98)
	No	32 (5.36)	392 (65.66)	424 (71.02)
Conditions of index hospital admission
Stroke
	Yes			47 (7.87)
	No			550 (92.13)
Shock
	Yes			32 (5.36)
	No			565 (94.64)
Asthma
	Yes			6 (1.01)
	No			593 (98.99)
Hypertension
	Yes			7 (1.17)
	No			590 (98.83)
Cardiac disease
	Yes			26 (4.36)
	No			571 (95.64)
DM foot ulcer
	Yes			44 (7.37)
	No			553 (92.63)
Intervention at the time of admission
Urinary catheter insertion
	Yes			19 (3.18)
	No			578 (96.82)
Intravenous catheter insertion
	Yes			423 (70.85)
	No			174 (29.15)
Surgery after admission
	Yes			2 (0.34)
	No			595 (99.66)
Mechanical ventilation
	Yes			45 (7.54)
	No			552 (92.46)
Patient received antimicrobial medication
	Yes			524 (87.48)
	No			73 (12.52)
Length of hospital stay in days
	3-20			488 (81.74)
	>20			109 (18.26)
Outcome of the admitted patients
	Died			14 (2.35)
	Improved			581 (97.32)
	Unknown			2 (0.34)