Research Article
Undesirable Postoperative Anesthesia Outcomes at Two National Referral Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study in Eritrea
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants.
| Variables | | Frequency | Percentage |
| Gender | Male | 259 | 55.1 | Female | 211 | 44.9 |
| Residence | Urban | 274 | 58.3 | Rural | 196 | 41.7 |
| Occupation | Employed | 235 | 50 | Unemployed | 235 | 50 |
| Hospital setting | Halibet | 173 | 36.8 | Orotta | 297 | 63.2 |
| Health coverage | Paying | 358 | 76.2 | Free | 112 | 23.8 |
| Type of anesthesia | General | 267 | 56.8 | Regional | 203 | 43.2 |
| Type of surgery | General | 261 | 55.5 | Orthopedic | 99 | 21.1 | Gyn/obs | 89 | 18.9 | ENT | 7 | 1.5 | Burn | 14 | 3.0 |
| Admission type | Emergency | 109 | 23.2 | Elective | 361 | 76.8 |
| Age | Mean | SD | | 45.87 | 18.53 | |
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