Research Article
Prevalence and Associated Factors of Pressure Ulcer among Hospitalized Patients at Felegehiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents who were admitted at Felegehiwot referral hospital, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia (
= 422 ).
| Variables | Frequency | Percent |
| Age | | | 18–32 | 212 | 50.2 | 33–53 | 135 | 32 | ≥54 | 75 | 17.8 | Sex | | | Female | 208 | 49.3 | Male | 214 | 50.7 | Religion | | | Orthodox | 350 | 82.9 | Muslim | 61 | 14.5 | Protestant | 7 | 1.7 | Others | 4 | 0.9 | Place of residence | | | Urban | 180 | 42.7 | Rural | 242 | 57.3 | Marital status | | | Married | 272 | 64.5 | Single | 78 | 18.5 | Divorced | 45 | 10.7 | Widowed | 27 | 6.4 | Educational status | | | Not educated | 152 | 36 | Read and write | 31 | 7.3 | Grades 1–4 | 59 | 14 | Grades 5–8 | 70 | 16.6 | Grades 9-10 | 59 | 14 | ≥grade 11 | 51 | 12.1 |
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