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Table 1 Characteristics of included medical, surgical, and hematological patients

From: The effect of 100% single-occupancy rooms on acquisition of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales and intra-hospital patient transfers: a prospective before-and-after study

Characteristics

Medical

Surgical

Hematological

Old building (n = 34)

New building (n = 79)

P-value

Old building (n = 161)

New building (n = 187)

P-value

Old building (n = 30)

New building (n = 106)

P-value

Male gender (%)

21 (61.8)

40 (50.6)

0.276

82 (50.9)

102 (54.5)

0.501

19 (63.3)

55 (51.9)

0.266

Age, median (range)

60 (19–78)

58 (20–89)

0.723

60 (18–85)

65 (24–87)

0.064

59 (33–76)

62 (20–81)

0.373

Dutch origin (%)*

28 (82.4)

68 (86.1)

0.612

143 (88.8)

164 (87.7)

0.431

26 (86.7)

97 (91.5)

0.332

Length of hospital stay, median (range)

3 (2–41)

4 (2–21)

0.374

5 (2 -43)

5 (2–72)

0.243

9.5 (2–52)

10.5 (2–146)

0.916

Surgery during hospitalization (%)

6 (17.6)

17 (21.5)

0.639

159 (98.8)

179 (95.7)

0.091

1 (3.3)

7 (6.6)

NA

ICU admission during hospitalization (%)

1 (2.9)

2 (2.5)

NA

20 (12.4)

14 (7.5)

0.122

0 (-)

2 (1.9)

NA

Antibiotic use during hospitalization (%)

14 (41.2)

27 (34.2)

0.478

147 (91.3)

171 (91.4)

0.963

26 (86.7)

92 (86.8)

0.986

  1. ICU intensive care unit. NA not applicable, P-values could not be calculated due to observed and expected values below 5 for one or both groups
  2. *9 patients had missing data on country of origin