Research Article

Management Outcome of Burn Injury and Associated Factors among Hospitalized Children at Ayder Referral Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia

Table 3

Binary logistic regression analysis of outcome of burn with sociodemographic and clinical data in Ayder Referral Hospital burn unit, Mekelle city, Tigray region, Ethiopia, 2015/16.

FactorOutcome of burn injuryCOR95% CIAOR95% CI
Dis. with complicationDis. without complication
No. (%)No. (%)

Residence
 Urban21 (8.9)215 (91.1)1.00
 Rural45 (30.8)101 (69.2)0.219(0.124-0.387)1.463(0.655-3.266)
 Total66 (17.3)316 (82.7)
Prehospital intervention
 Yes55 (27.2)147 (72.8)1.00
 No11 (6.1)169 (93.9)0.174(0.088-0.345)0.626(0.234-1.673)
 Total66 (17.3)316 (82.7)
Duration of presentation
 Early13 (5.7)214 (94.3)1.00
 Late53 (34.2)102 (65.8)8.554(4.462-16.398)1.973(0.710-5.484)
 Total66 (17.3)316 (82.7)
Extent25 (11.8)186 (88.2)1.00
 <10%
 11-20%20 (15.7)107 (84.3)0.719(0.831-1.356)2.080(0.289-14.995)
 21-30%15 (41.7)21 (58.3)0.188(0.086-0.412)1.850(0.257-13.325)
 >31%6 (75)2 (25)0.045(0.009-0.234)1.492(0.204-10.888)
 Total66 (17.3)316 (82.7)
Length of stay
 <20 days32 (10.6)270 (89.4)1.00
 21-40 days16 (32.7)33 (67.3)0.244(0.121-0.493)3.454(0.638-18.699)
 41-60 days8 (66.7)4 (33.3)0.059(0.017-0.208)1.027(0.181-5.817)
 61-80 days6 (54.5)5 (45.5)0.099(0.029-0.342)0.277(0.035-2.207)
 >81 days4 (50)4 (50)0.119(0.028-0.497)0.767(0.093-6.294)
 Total66 (17.3) fluid316 (82.7)
Resuscitation in 24 hrs
 Yes22 (10.9)179 (89.1)1.00
 No44 (24.3)137 (75.7)2.6132(1.496-4.566)2.767(1.276-5.999)
 Total66 (17.3)316 (82.7)
Nutritional status at admission
 Malnutrition7 (50)7 (50)0.191(0.65-0.565)0.252(0.069-0.923)
 Well nutrition59 (16)309 (84)1.00
 Total66 (17.3)316 (82.7)
Age
 <4.5years32 (12.8)218 (87.2)0.603(0.266-1.376)0.599(0.178-2.019)
 5-9.5 years9 (19.6)37 (80.4)0.343(0.158-0.741)1.125(0.295-4.295)
 10-14.5years12 (30)28 (70)0.73(0.178-0.782)0.402(0.116-1.389)
 >15 years13 (28.3)33 (71.7)1.00
 Total66 (17.3)316 (82.7)

Dis: discharge. Significant association in bivariate analysis. Significant association in multivariable analysis.