Management Outcome and Factors Associated with Pediatric Surgical Patient Admitted to Arbaminch General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia, 2021: Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression showing factors associated with the management outcome of pediatric surgical patients’ admission to Arbaminch General Hospital from January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2020 (n = 265).
Variables
Management outcomes
COR (95% CI)
-value
AOR (95% CI)
-value
Favorable
Unfavorable
Age
≤4
78 (67.2%)
38 (32.8%)
2.095 (0.951–4.615)
0.066
2.223 (0.761–6.491)
0.144
5–9
47 (83.9%)
9 (16.1%)
0.823 (0.306–2.218)
0.701
0.821 (0.239–2.824)
0.754
10–14
27 (67.5%)
13 (32.5%)
2.070 (0.797–5.378)
0.135
2.924 (0.388-10.207)
0.093
≥15
43 (81.1%)
10 (18.9%)
1
—
—
—
Sex
Male
106 (67.5%)
51 (32.5%)
0.444 (0.244–0.806)
0.008
0.739 (0.326–1.676)
0.469
Female
89 (82.4%)
19 (17.6%)
1
—
—
—
Residence
Rural
102 (66.7%)
51 (33.3%)
2.447 (1.347–4.446)
0.003
1.841 (0.835–4.060)
0.130
Urban
93 (83.0%)
19 (17.0%)
1
—
—
—
Form of admission
Emergency base
122 (70.1%)
52 (29.9%)
0.579 (0.315–1.064)
0.078
0.840 (0.358–1.970)
0.688
Elective base
73 (80.2%)
18 (19.8%)
1
—
—
—
Admission diagnosis
Trauma cause
54 (54.5%)
45 (45.5%)
4.700 (2.629–8.402)
0.000
5.753 (2.366–13.987)
0.000
Nontrauma
141 (84.9%)
25 (15.1%)
1
—
—
—
Any preexisting medical condition
Yes
32 (47.8%)
35 (52.2%)
5.094 (2.788–9.306)
0.000
3.240 (1.436–7.310)
0.005
No
163 (82.3%)
35 (17.7%)
1
—
—
—
Nutritional status
Well-nourished
167 (81.9%)
37 (18.1%)
1
—
—
—
Mall-nourished
28 (45.9%)
33 (54.1%)
0.188 (0.101–0.348)
0.000
0.555 (0.237–1.296)
0.174
Any early complication
Yes
65 (56.5%)
50 (43.5%)
5.094 (2.788–9.306)
0.000
2.515 (1.130–5.599)
0.024
No
130 (86.7%)
20 (13.3%)
1
—
—
—
Duration of time before the presentation
<24 hr
39 (90.7%)
4 (9.3%)
1
—
—
—
≥24 hr
156 (70.3%)
66 (29.7%)
4.125 (1.417–12.008)
0.009
8.351 (2.089–33.381)
0.003
LOS (length of hospital stays)
<7 days
52 (98.1%)
1 (1.9%)
1
—
—
—
≥7 days
143 (67.5%)
69 (32.5%)
25.091 (3.397–185.299)
0.002
10.671 (1.363–83.546)
0.024
Hospital management
Surgical
120 (69.0%)
54 (31.0%)
2.109 (1.126–3.953)
0.020
2.742 (1.137–6.611)
0.025
Conservative
75 (82.4%)
16 (17.6%)
1
—
—
—
Note. COR = crude odds ratio, AOR = adjusted odds ratio, CI = confidence interval, LOS = length of hospital stay, and -value <0.05.
