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 ).

VariablesFrequencyPercent

Age
 18–3221250.2
 33–5313532
 ≥547517.8
Sex
 Female20849.3
 Male21450.7
Religion
 Orthodox35082.9
 Muslim6114.5
 Protestant71.7
 Others 40.9
Place of residence
 Urban18042.7
 Rural24257.3
Marital status
 Married27264.5
 Single7818.5
 Divorced4510.7
 Widowed276.4
Educational status
 Not educated15236
 Read and write317.3
 Grades 1–45914
 Grades 5–87016.6
 Grades 9-105914
 ≥grade 115112.1