Research Article

Treatment Outcome and Its Determinants among Patients Admitted to Stroke Unit of Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 5

Predictors of poor treatment outcomes among patients with stroke admitted at the stroke unit of JUMC, Southwest Ethiopia, February 1st, 2016 to March 30th 2018.

VariablesGood outcome
(%)
Poor outcome
(%)
AOR (95% CI) value

Age
 25-4417 (7.73)18 (8.18)1
 45-6440 (18.18)42 (19.09)1.02 (0.09-4.98)0.98
 ≥ 6524 (10.91)79 (35.91)2.56 (1.95-9.86)0.001
Presence of comorbidities
 No21 (9.55)6 (2.73)1
 Yes60 (27.27)133 (60.45)5.25 (1.08-17.69)<0.001
Types of stroke
 Ischemic74 (33.64)82 (37.27)1
 Hemorrhagic7 (3.18)57 (25.91)18.99 (7.05-42.07)<0.001
Time of admission
 < 12hour30 (13.64)37 (16.82)1
 12-24hour27 (12.27)36 (16.36)1.01 (0.12-5.13)0.71
 > 24hour24 (10.91)66 (30.00)4.98 (1.09-21.91)0.03