Incidence of Surgical Site Infection and Factors Associated among Cesarean Deliveries in Selected Government Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2019
Table 4
Factors associated with post-CD infection among women (n = 166) who gave birth by CD in four selected government hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from March 11 to May 24, 2019.
Variable
Category
SSI
COR (95% CI)
value
AOR (95% CI)
value
Yes
No
Age
<30 yrs
4
120
1
1
0.01
≥30 yrs
21
21
1.44 (1.010–2.023)
0.030
1.5 (1.170–1.933)
PROM
No
10
78
1
1
≤12 hrs
4
48
0.65 (0.193–2.188)
0.121
0.235 (0.02–2.808)
0.35
>12 hrs
11
15
5.72 (2.064–15.85)
0.142
3.982 (0.381–41.614)
0.27
Number of vaginal examinations
No
2
54
1
1
1–4
5
36
2.454 (0.552–10.916)
0.472
10.732 (0.438–263.006)
0.34
≥5
17
52
5.776 (1.597–20.89)
0.132
13.076 (1.018–168.002)
0.048
Length of labour trial before CD
≤24 hrs
10
108
1
1
>24 hrs
15
33
4.909 (2.016–11.955)
0.113
3.408 (0.402–28.897)
0.232
Gestational age
<37 wks
3
26
0.238 (0.063–0.897)
0.131
0.074 (0.004–1.315)
0.32
37–40 wks
5
80
0.129 (0.044–0.376)
0.151
0.019 (0.001–0.291)
0.004
>40 wks
17
35
1
1
Type of operation
Elective
1
35
1
1
Emergency
24
106
7.925 (1.034–60.734)
0.145
7.667 (0.190–309.384)
0.243
CPD
Yes
10
23
3.420 (1.368–8.552)
0.010
1.860 (0.158–21.857)
0.120
No
15
118
1
1
Type of skin incision
Transverse
22
139
1
1
Vertical
3
2
9.477 (1.498–59.964)
0.010
0.046 (0.001–2.408)
0.253
Postoperative antibiotics
Yes
20
136
1
1
No
5
5
6.800 (1.807–25.595)
0.142
8.999 (0.037–213.220)
0.254
Surgical wound class
Class I
10
78
1
1
Class II
4
48
0.65 (0.193–2.188)
0.246
0.235 (0.02–2.808)
0.132
Class III
11
55
5.72 (2.064–15.85)
0.132
3.982 (0.381–41.614)
0.148
value ≤ 0.2 in bivariate analysis; value <0.05 in multivariable analysis.
