Prevalence and Predictors of Cancellation of Elective Surgical Procedures at a Tertiary Hospital in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors associated with cancellation of elective procedures in surgical wards at Mulago Hospital, Uganda.

Variable	Crude odds ratio	Adjusted odds ratio	95% confidence interval	value
Patient’s age (years)
0-9	1	1
10–19	1.04	0.87	0.37–2.07	0.752
20–49	2.14	1.92	0.96–3.85	0.064
≥50	1.87	2.08	0.92–4.67	0.077
Surgical specialty
Breast and endocrine surgery	1	1
Cardiothoracic surgery	0.16	0.23	0.02–2.34	0.212
Ear, nose, and throat surgery	0.46	0.68	0.13–3.59	0.646
General surgery	1.17	1.17	0.28–4.96	0.833
Neurosurgery	3.08	4.13	1.19–14.33	0.026
Oromaxillofacial surgery	1.4	1.53	0.21–11.18	0.675
Orthopedic surgery	1.38	1.76	0.54–5.69	0.346
Pediatric surgery	0.93	1.87	0.42–8.40	0.413
Urological surgery	2.5	3.31	0.89–12.33	0.074

Bold typeface indicates statistical significance at .