Research Article
Risk Factors Associated with Surgical Site Infection following Cesarean Section in Tertiary Care Hospital, Nepal
Table 1
Host-related characteristics of patients with SSI following cesarean section compared with control group.
| | Respondent’s characteristics | Case (SSI)
(%) | Control (non-SSI)
(%) | value |
| | Age | | | 0.128 | | 15-20 | 5 (6) | 11 (14) | | | 21-25 | 22 (28) | 29 (36) | | | 26-30 | 40 (50) | 33 (41) | | | >30 | 13 (16) | 7 (9) | | | Education level | | | 0.664 | | Lower primary | 30 (38) | 25 (31) | | | Secondary | 21 (26) | 25 (31) | | | Graduate or above | 29 (36) | 30 (38) | | | BMI | | | <0.001 | | Normal | 14 (17) | 41 (51) | | | Overweight | 40 (50) | 34 (43) | | | Obesity | 26 (33) | 5 (6) | | | Parity | | | 0.065 | | Primipara | 59 (74) | 48 (60) | | | Multipara | 21 (26) | 32 (40) | | | Site of ANC visits | | | 1.00 | | TUTH | 67 (84) | 67 (84) | | | Outside TUTH | 13 (16) | 13 (16) | | | ANC visits | | | 0.074 | | ≤4 times | 15 (19) | 25 (32) | | | >4 times | 63 (81) | 54 (68) | | | Previous vs primary CS | | | 0.048 | | Previous CS | 7 (9) | 16 (20) | | | Primary CS | 73 (91) | 64 (80) | | | Complication during ANC | | | <0.001 | | None | 38 (47) | 68 (85) | | | DM/HTN | 22 (28) | 7 (9) | | | Others | 20 (25) | 5 (6) | |
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