Appropriateness of Pharmacologic Prophylaxis against Deep Vein Thrombosis in Medical Wards of an Ethiopian Referral Hospital

Table 5

Factors associated with inappropriateness of thromboprophylaxis.

Variable	Category	Inappropriateness of thromboprophylaxis		COR (95% CI)	AOR; (95% CI)	P value
		Appropriate	Inappropriate
Sex	Female	69 (63.9%)	39 (36.1%)	1.565 (0.862-2.841)	1.061 (0.464- 2.430)	0.888
	Male	72 (73.5%)	26 (26.5%)	1.00	1.00
Age	18-40	77 (72.0%)	30 (28.0%)	0.487 (0.223-1.064)	0.354 (0.071- 1.757)	0.204
	41-64	44 (69.8%)	19 (30.2%)	0.540 (0.231-1.262)	0.215 (0.042- 1.111)	0.067
	>=65	20 (55.6%)	16 (44.4%)	1.00	1.00
CNS disorder	No	127(69.8%)	55 (30.2%)	0.606 (0.254-1.449)	0.910 (0.254- 3.259)	0.884
	Yes	14 (58.3%)	10 (41.7%)	1.00	1.00
Infectious disease	No	43 (60.6%)	28 (39.4%)	1.725 (0.939-3.168)	1.053 (0.459- 2.415)	0.903
	Yes	98 (72.6%)	37 (27.4%)	1,00	1.00
Critically ill	No	113(85.0%)	20 (15.0%)	0.110 (0.056-0.215)	0.766 (0.272- 2.160)	0.615
	Yes	28 (38.4%)	45 (61.6%)	1.00	1.00
Reduced Mobility	No	117(72.2%)	45 (27.8%)	0.462 (0.232-0.916)	2.373 (0.919- 6.131)	0.074
	Yes	24 (54.5%)	20 (45.5%)	1.00	1.00
Age>=70 years	No	127 (69.0%)	57 (31.0%)	0.785 (0.312-1.977)	6.173 (0.960-39.679)	0.055
	Yes	14 (63.6%)	8 (36.4%)	1.00	1.00
Heart or Respiratory Failure	No	109 (71.2%)	44 (28.8%)	0.615 (0.320-1.181)	1.175 (0.468- 2.952)	0.731
	Yes	32 (60.4%)	21 (39.6%)	1.00	1.00
Risk of the patient for thromboembolism	High	40 (40.8%)	58 (59.2%)	20.921 (8.805- 49.713)	31.67(8.518-117.72)	0.000
	Low	101 (93.5%)	7 (6.5%)	1.00	1.00
Thrombocytopenia OR coagulopathy	No	117 (64.6%)	64 (35.4%)	13.128 (1.736- 99.307)	25.17 (2.862- 221.30)	0.004
	Yes	24 (96.0%)	1 (4.0%)	1.00	1.00

COR: Crude Odds Ratio; AOR: Adjusted Odds Ratio; CI: Confidence Interval.