Prevalence and Factors Associated with Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in an Ethiopian Comprehensive Specialized Hospital

Table 4

Factors associated with the occurrence of nausea and vomiting of study participants at DTCSH from March 1 to May 30, 2019 (N = 162).

Variable	PONV		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	P-value
	Yes	No
Sex
Male	31	54	1	1	0.001
Female	52	25	3.623 (1.891, 6.941)	5.616 (2.580, 12.229)
Previous history of nausea and vomiting
No	61	71	1	1	0.02
Yes	22	8	3.265 (1.126, 9.465)	3.822 (1.115, 13.107)
Postoperative opioids are given
No	16	27	1	1	0.017
Yes	67	52	2.115 (1.039, 4.303)	2.951 (1.209, 7.202)
History of motion sickness
No	27	45	1	1	0.002
Yes	56	34	3.611 (1.879, 6.940)	3.386 (1.592, 7.199)