Estimation of Prevalence of Hospital-Acquired Blood Infections among Patients Admitted at a Tertiary Hospital in Oman over a Period of Five Years: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Selected sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of HA-BSI cases among admitted patients, Oman.

Characteristics	Total (N = 139683)	HA-BSI cases (N = 1246)	Noncases (N = 138437)	value
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Gender				0.16
Female	67860 (48.6)	580 (46.5)	67280 (48.6)
Male	71823 (51.4)	666 (53.5)	71157 (51.4)
Age				0.47
0 to 15	32435 (23.2)	325 (26.1)	32110 (23.2)
16 to 25	9874 (7.1)	97 (7.8)	9777 (7.1)
26 to 35	21264 (15.2)	154 (12.4)	21110 (15.2)
36 to 45	18349 (13.1)	128 (10.3)	18221 (13.2)
46 to 55	11995 (8.6)	107 (8.6)	11888 (8.6)
56 to 65	16264 (11.6)	154 (12.4)	16110 (11.6)
66 to 75	20300 (14.5)	190 (15.2)	20110 (14.5)
76 to 85	9202 (6.6)	91 (7.3)	9111 (6.6)
Governorate				0.27
Dhofar	14113 (10.1)	167 (13.4)	13946 (10.1)
Dakhiliyah	19176 (13.7)	218 (17.5)	18958 (13.7)
Sharqiyah	17560 (12.6)	192 (15.4)	17368 (12.5)
Batinah	25881 (18.5)	256 (20.5)	25625 (18.5)
Dhahirah	10297 (7.4)	79 (6.3)	10218 (7.4)
Muscat	48466 (34.7)	301 (24.2)	48165 (34.8)
Buraimi	4190 (3.0)	22 (1.8)	4168 (3.0)
Year of admission				0.08
2015	30598 (21.9)	275 (22.1)	30323 (21.9)
2016	26933 (19.3)	232 (18.6)	26701 (19.3)
2017	26229 (18.8)	264 (21.2)	25965 (18.8)
2018	27986 (20.0)	259 (20.8)	27727 (20.0)
2019	27937 (20.0)	216 (17.3)	27721 (20.0)