Research Article
Undesirable Postoperative Anesthesia Outcomes at Two National Referral Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Study in Eritrea
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants.
| | Variables | | Frequency | Percentage |
| | Gender | | Male | 259 | 55.1 | | Female | 211 | 44.9 |
| | Residence | | Urban | 274 | 58.3 | | Rural | 196 | 41.7 |
| | Occupation | | Employed | 235 | 50 | | Unemployed | 235 | 50 |
| | Hospital setting | | Halibet | 173 | 36.8 | | Orotta | 297 | 63.2 |
| | Health coverage | | Paying | 358 | 76.2 | | Free | 112 | 23.8 |
| | Type of anesthesia | | General | 267 | 56.8 | | Regional | 203 | 43.2 |
| | Type of surgery | | General | 261 | 55.5 | | Orthopedic | 99 | 21.1 | | Gyn/obs | 89 | 18.9 | | ENT | 7 | 1.5 | | Burn | 14 | 3.0 |
| | Admission type | | Emergency | 109 | 23.2 | | Elective | 361 | 76.8 |
| | Age | Mean | SD | | | 45.87 | 18.53 | |
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