Malnutrition in the Outcome of Wound Healing at Public Hospitals in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia: A Prospective Cohort Study

Table 2

Lifestyle of adult patients undergoing abdominal surgery at Bahir Dar City Public Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019 (N = 310).

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percentage
Cigarette smoking	Yes	21	6.8
	No	289	93.2
Duration of smoking (n = 21)	Daily	8	2.6
	Occasionally	13	4.2
Alcohol consumption	Yes	96	31.0
	No	214	69.0
Frequency of alcohol consumption per day (n = 96)	≤three times a day	62	20.0
	>three times a day	34	11.0
Regular physical exercise	Yes	14	4.5
	No	296	95.5
Duration of physical exercise (n = 14)	≤three times a week	14	4.5
	>three times a week	0	0.0
Means of transport from home to workplace and workplace to home	On foot	178	57.4
	On transportion	132	42.6
Source of drinking water	Pipe water	188	60.6
	Springwater	98	31.6
	Well water	24	7.7
Handwashing after toilet	Always	29	9.4
	Sometimes	281	90.6
Handwashing before eating	Always	138	44.5
	Sometimes	172	55.5