Predictors of prolonged length of hospital stay and in-hospital mortality among adult patients admitted at the surgical ward of Jimma University medical center, Ethiopia: prospective observational study

Table 2 Clinical characteristics and in-hospital complication of the study participants at JUMC, Ethiopia (N = 269)

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percentage
Co-morbid condition	Yes	110	40.9
Co-morbid condition	No	159	59.1
Number of co-morbidity	No co-morbid	159	59.1
	1–2 co-morbid	98	36.4
	≥ 3 co-morbid	12	4.5
Types of co-morbidity	Non-chronic disease	210	78.1
Types of co-morbidity	Chronic disease	59	21.9
Oncologic condition	No	223	82.9
Oncologic condition	Yes	46	17.1
Trauma-related condition	No	221	82.2
Trauma-related condition	Yes	48	17.8
Burn related surgery/skin graft^a	No	255	94.8
Burn related surgery/skin graft^a	Yes	14	5.2
Types of surgical discipline	upper and lower GIT	82	30.5
	Breast	6	2.2
	Urology	41	15.2
	Cardiothoracic	10	3.7
	Billary tract	5	1.9
	head and neck	40	14.9
	skin and deep tissue (incision, drainage, local excision)	62	23.0
	Other^b	23	8.6
The overall length of hospital stay	≤7 days	35	13.0
	8 to 15 days	73	27.1
	> 15 days	161	59.9
	Mean ± SD (minim- maximum)	25.35 ± 21.42 (1 to 127 days)
After operation length of hospital stay	≤7 days	68	25.3
	> 7 to ≤15 days	101	37.5
	> 15 days	100	37.2
	Mean ± SD (minim- maximum)	17.61 ± 16.87 (0 to 120 days)
Before operation length of hospital stay	≤7 days	198	73.6
	> 7 to ≤15 days	27	10.0
	> 15 days	44	16.4
	Mean ± SD (minim- maximum)	7.74 ± 14.51 (0 to 112 days)
Mortality rate	The incidence rate of death per person-days	0.00193 per person-days
In-hospital sepsis	Incidence rate per person-days	0.00208 per person-days
HAP	Incidence rate per person-days	0.00104 per person-days

N.B: GIT- gastrointestinal tract, HAP- Hospital-acquired pneumonia, ^a was more in female (7.8%) than male (3.9%), ^b- varicose vein, Hematoma, Gangrene, compartment syndrome, Contracture, and septic arthritis.

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