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Table 5 Bivariate and multivariable analysis of factors associated with of puerperal sepsis at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017

From: Proportion of bacterial isolates, their antimicrobial susceptibility profile and factors associated with puerperal sepsis among post-partum/aborted women at a referral Hospital in Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia

Variable

Bacterial isolate

  

No

Yes

COR (95% CI)

P –Value

AOR (95%CI)

P-value

Parity

Primiparous

60

20

1

0.023a

1

0.006a

Multiparous

50

36

2.160 (1.113–4.192)

4.045 (1.479–11.061)

HIV

No

104

51

1

0.399

  

Yes

6

5

1.699 (0.495–5.833)

ANC

Booked

92

54

1

0.030a

1

 

Un booked

18

2

0.189 (0.042–0,848)

0.000

Duration of labor

< 18 h

59

29

1

0.094

1

0.101

> = 18 h

24

22

1.865 (0.899–3.868)

2.058 (0.868–4.879)

Membrane rupture

0–8 h

59

29

1

0.094

1

0.761

> 8 h

24

22

1.865 (0.899–3.868)

1.151 (0.464–2.859)

Mode of delivery

Vaginal

28

15

1

0.603

  

CS

55

36

1.220 (0.574–2.599)

Placenta removal

Spontaneous

19

3

1

0.703

  

Cord Traction

8

0

0.000

Manual

1

2

2.923 (0.239–35.68)

Diabetes mellitus

No

107

49

1

 

1

0.117

Yes

3

7

5.095 (1.264–20.54)

0.022a

3.471 (0.733–16.433)

Hypertension

No

104

55

1

0.291

  

Yes

6

1

0.315 (0.037–2.684)

Anemia

None

50

33

1

0.040a

1

0.36

Mild

23

4

0.264 (0.084–0.832)

0.111 (0.020–0.608)

Moderate

20

15

1.136 (0.510–2.531)

0.846 (0.287–2.494)

Sever

17

4

0.357 (0.110–1.154)

0.229 (0.045–1.155)

Place of delivery

Heath institute

81

47

1

 

1

0.729

Home

29

9

0.535 (0.233–1.226)

0.139

0.816 (0.179–3.707)

  1. a Significant at p < 0.05