Treatment Outcomes and Associated Factors among Hospitalized Stroke Patients at Shashemene Referral Hospital, Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of hospitalized stroke patients at Shashemene Referral Hospital, 2012–2017 (N=73).

Variables			Bivariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
		N (%)	COR	P	AOR	P
Age
	25-40	7(9.6)	0.27	0.112	1.10	0.922
	41-55	11(15.1)	0.27	0.079	0.43	0.374
	56-70	29(39.7)	0.33	0.054	0.41	0.281
	>70	26(35.6)	1.00		1.00
Chief compliant
	Left side body weakness	29(39.7)	1.00	1.000	1.000	1.000
	Right side body weakness	16(21.9)	1.00	1.000	1.000	1.000
	Aphasia	18(24.7)	1.00	1.000	1.000	1.000
	Loss of consciousness	10(13.7)	1.00		1.00
Type of stroke
	Ischemic	48(65.8)	1.00		1.00
	Hemorrhagic	16(21.9)	1.56	0.669	3.77	0.237
	Undetermined	9(12.3)	3.00	0.178	1.62	1.000
Sex	Male	42(57.5)	1.00	0.995
	Female	31(42.5)	0.82	0.591
Marital status
	Married	65(89)	1.71	0.666
	Unmarried	5(6.8)	1.33	0.851
	Widow	3(4.1)	1.00
Occupation
	Farmer	30(41.1)	0.15	0.102
	Housewife	21(28.8)	0.15	0.120
	Civil servant	17(23.3)	0.14	0.399
	Unemployed	5(6.8)	1.00
Co morbidities
	Hypertension	38(52.05)	1.00
	Concurrent infection	23(31.5)	1.54	0.739
	Congestive heart failure	9(12.32)	2.50	0.512
	Atrial fibrillation	3(4.1)	0.50	0.571

COR: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; N: frequency.