Incidence and Associated Factors of Failed First Peripheral Intravenous Catheters among Adult Patients at Medical Surgical Wards in Public Referral Hospitals of West Amhara, Ethiopia, 2021
Table 4
Factors associated with the incidence of failed first intravenous catheter among adult inpatients at medical-surgical wards in Public Referral Hospitals of West Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, 2021 (N = 418).
Variable
Is there a complication related to the peripheral cannula
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Yes
No
Patient unit category
Medical ward
64
133
1
1
Surgical ward
60
161
1.29(0.85–2)
0.99(0.53–1.86)
Age category
18–33
44
103
0.71(0.41–1.22)
1.05(0.47–3.36)
34–50
51
95
0.56(0.33–0.96)
0.79(0.39–1.62)
>50
29
96
1
1
Sex
Male
56
193
1
1
Female
68
101
2.32(1.51–3.56)
0.4(0.22–0.74)
Marital Status
Single
22
64
1.87(0.71–4.92)
2.5(0.0.65–9.76)
Married
80
191
1.54(0.64–3.69)
1.35(0.43–4.23)
Divorced
13
25
1.24(0.42–3.61)
1.9(0.46–7.8)
Widowed
9
14
1
1
Educational level of patient
Not able to read and write
26
79
1.6(0.85–3.04)
1.4(0.45–4.47)
Able to read and write
21
61
1.54(0.78–3.01)
0.96(0.33–2.85)
Grade 1–4
4
16
2.11(0.64–6.93)
1.86(0.36–9.5)
Grade 5–8
13
37
1.5(0.69–3.28)
1.38(0.49–3.89)
Grade 9–12
32
48
0.79(0.42–1.5)
0.6(0.25–1.52)
Colleague and above
28
53
1
1
Occupation of patients
House wife
17
38
1
Student
14
27
0.56(0.06–5.38)
0.37(0.1–1.4)
Merchant
18
51
0.48(0.05–4.74)
1(0.35–2.86)
Farmer
28
84
0.71(0.07–6.76)
0.92(0.36–2.32)
Government employee
25
53
0.75(0.08–6.99)
0.433(0.13–1.48)
Private employee
15
22
0.53(0.06–4.99)
0.53(0.16–1.75)
Daily borer
6
15
0.37(0.04–3.6)
0.48(0.13–1.74)
Other specify
1
4
0.63(0.06–6.8)
0.85(0.07–9.6)
Presence of comorbidity
Yes
48
77
0.56(0.36-0.88)
0.87(0.48–1.59)
No
76
217
1
1
Size of cannula
G16-G18
59
168
0.68(0.45–1.04)
1.74(0.92–3.13)
G20-G22
65
126
1
1
Site of insertion
Upper arm
7
15
1
1
Cubital fossa
10
21
0.98(0.3–3.2)
2.27(0.46–11.3)
Forearm
51
115
1.1(0.41–2.74)
1.78(0.47–6.64)
Wrist
31
76
1.14(0.43–3.1)
2(0.52–7.78)
Hand
23
67
1.4(0.5–3.75)
1.35(0.35–5.27)
Others
2
0
Peripheral cannula duration
<24 hours
21
101
1
1
24–48 hours
34
68
0.42(0.22–0.78
0.58(0.28–1.2)
49–72 hours
35
48
0.29(0.15–0.54)
0.31(0.14–0.7)
73–96 hours
21
40
0.4(0.2–0.8)
0.39(0.17–0.9)
>96 hours
13
36
0.58(0.26–1.27)
0.57(0.23–1.4
Nature of peripheral intravenous cannula infusate
Glucose (0.09%/0.45% NaCl, Dextro/NaCl)
Yes
14
23
0.8(0.53–1.23)
0.89(0.51–1.54)
No
22
51
1
1
Antibiotics
Yes
34
70
0.83 (0.4–1.7)
1.16(0.49–2.75)
No
2
4
1
1
Glucose (D30 water)
Yes
6
13
0.82(0.45–1.5)
1.79(0.68–4.7)
No
30
61
1
1
Blood products
Yes
5
6
0.52(0.25–1.1)
0.6(0.23–1.54)
No
31
68
1
1
Electrolytes
Yes
3
4
0.37(0.18–0.76)
0.31(0.11–0.86)
No
33
70
1
Significant at ; highly significant at . The bold variables are significantly associated in both bi-variable and multivariate analyses.
