Research Article

Incidence of Surgical Site Infection and Factors Associated among Cesarean Deliveries in Selected Government Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019

Table 1

Sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics of study participants (n = 166) who gave birth through CD in four selected government hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019.

VariablesCategoryPost-CD SSITotal (%)
YesNo
N%N%

Age<30 yrs43.312096.7124 (74.7%)
≥30 yrs2150215042 (25.3%)
ResidenceUrban2415.213484.8158 (95.2%)
Rural112.5787.58 (4.8%)
History of previous CDYes1327.13572.948 (28.9%)
No1210.210689.8118 (71.1%)
ParityPara I1112.47887.689 (53.6%)
Para II717.53382.540 (24%)
Para III519.22180.826 (15.7%)
Para IV11099010 (6%)
Para V1100001 (0.6%)
PROMNo rupture1011.47888.688 (53%)
≤12 hrs47.74892.352 (31.3%)
≥12 hrs1142.31557.726 (15.7%)