Research Article

Prevalence of Neonatal Sepsis and Associated Factors among Neonates in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Selected Governmental Hospitals in Shashemene Town, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia, 2017

Table 5

Bivariate and multivariate analysis showing the association between neonatal sepsis and others different variables in neonates admitted to Shashemene governmental hospital, NICU, Ethiopia, 2017, GC.

VariableNeonatal sepsis
YesNoP valueCOR with 95%CIAOR with 95% CI

Age of neonates0-7 days113(46.3%)68(27.8%).0252,806(1.196-6.585)3.01(1.148-7.89)
8-28 days46(18.8%)17(7%)11

MSAFYes10(4%)180(73.8%).1772.979(1.054-8.416)2.223(.697-7.087)
No7(29%)47(19.3%)11

BWLBW46(18.9%)23(9.4%).4531.541(1.233-4.376)2.302(.261-20.329)
NW144(59%)31(12.7%)11

GAPreterm46(18.9%)23(9.4%).2772.678(1.411-5.083)2.167(.537-8.745)
Term148(60.7%)31(12.7%)11

BAYes31(12.7%)25(10.2%).0004.422(2.288-8.546)3.540(1.570-7.984)
No159(65.2%)29(11.9%)11

MVYes70(28.7%)28(11.5%).2881.873(1.017-3.448)1.466(.724-2.969)
No120(49.2%)26(10.7%)11

OVMYes25(10.2%)21(8.6%).0094.348(2.171-8.712)2.859(1.300-6.289)
No164(67.2%)33(13.5%)11