Bacterial Profile of External Ocular Infections, Its Associated Factors, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern among Patients Attending Karamara Hospital, Jigjiga, Eastern Ethiopia

Table 4

Bivariate and multivariable analysis of bacterial infection of the eye among external ocular infections at Karamara hospital, Jigjiga, Ethiopia, 2020.

Variables	Bacterial isolates; No (%)		COR (95% CI)	-value	AOR (CI 95%)	-value
	Yes	No
Washing with soap
Yes	97 (55.1)	79 (44.9)	0.45 (0.27, 0.75)	0.002	0.43 (0.30, 0.95)	0.034
No	82 (73.2)	30 (26.8)	1
Educational status
Not read and write	10 (22.7)	34 (77.3)	2.81 (1.16, 6.84)	0.02	0.61 (0.23, 1.65)	0.33
Read and write	19 (33.3)	38 (66.7)	1.65 (0.76, 3.58)	0.20	0.80 (0.34, 1.87)	0.61
Primary school	18 (29)	44 (71)	2.02 (0.94, 4.37)	0.07	0.59 (0.26, 1.34)	0.21
High school	38 (52.8)	34 (47.2)	0.74 (0.36, 1.51)	0.41	1.34 (0.62, 2.85)	0.46
College and above	24 (45.3)	29 (54.7)	1		1
Ocular surface disease
Yes	53 (75.7)	17 (24.3)	2.28 (1.24, 4.18)	0.008	1.74 (0.88, 3.44)	0.11
No	126 (57.8)	92 (42.2)	1
Hospitalization
Yes	63 (80.8)	15 (19.2)	3.40 (1.82, 6.36)	0.001	2.82 (1.44, 5.53)	0.003
No	116 (55.2)	94 (44.8)	1
DM
Yes	46 (82.1)	10 (17.9)	3.42 (1.65, 7.12)	0.001	3.11 (1.44, 6.75)	0.004
No	133 (57.3)	99 (42.7)	1
Making surgery
Yes	34 (79.1)	9 (20.9)	2.60 (1.20, 5.67)	0.016	1.57(0.67, 3.66)	0.30
No	145 (59.2)	100 (40.8)	1

 = statistically significant.