Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients at surgical wards of TASH (N = 131)
Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Female | 58 (44.3) |
Male | 73 (55.7) |
Age in years | |
< 30 | 39 (29.8) |
30–50 | 40 (30.5) |
> 50 | 52 (39.7) |
Residence | |
Urban | 71 (54.2) |
Rural | 60 (45.8) |
Cigarette smoking | |
No | 109 (83.2) |
Yes | 22 (16.8) |
Alcohol intake | |
No | 90 (68.7) |
Yes | 41 (31.3) |
Preoperative blood transfusion | |
No | 101 (77.1) |
Yes | 30 (22.9) |
Systemic steroid use | |
No | 115 (87.8) |
Yes | 16 (12.2) |
Preoperative hospital stay (days) | |
> 7 | 62 (47.3) |
≤ 7 | 69 (52.7) |
Co-morbidities | |
Cardiovascular disease | 20 (15.3) |
Hypertension | 9 (6.9) |
Diabetes mellitus | 2 (1.5) |
HIV/AIDS | 5 (3.8) |
Infectiona | 8 (6.1) |
Multiple co-morbidities | 7 (5.3) |
Othersb | 6 (4.6) |
Wound class | |
Clean | 43 (32.8) |
Clean contaminated | 64 (48.9) |
Contaminated | 16 (12.2) |
Dirty | 8 (6.1) |
Surgery type | |
Emergency | 25 (19.1) |
Elective | 106 (80.9) |
Previous surgery | |
No | 98 (74.8) |
Yes | 33 (25.2) |