Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical data of study participants
Variables | Totala N (%) | Surgical site infection | \({x}^{2}\)(p-value) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes [n (%)] 53 (21.1)a | No [n (%)] 198 (78.9)a | ||||
Sex | |||||
Male | 125 (49.80) | 34 (64.15) | 91 (45.96) | 0.019 | |
Female | 126 (50.20) | 19 (35.85) | 107 (54.04) | ||
Age (years) | |||||
  < 60 | 214 (85.30) | 42 (79.2) | 172 (86.90) | 0.614 | |
 ≥ 60 | 37 (14.70) | 11 (20.8) | 26 (13.10) | ||
Residence | Â | ||||
Rural | 182 (72.50) | 10 (18.87) | 59 (29.80) | 0.113 | |
Urban | 69 (27.50) | 43 (81.13) | 139 (70.20) | ||
ASA score | |||||
  < 3 | 240 (95.60) | 44 (83.02) | 196 (99) |  < 0.001 | |
  ≥ 3 | 11 (4.40) | 9 (16.98) | 2 (1) | ||
Comorbidity | Â | ||||
Yes | 50 (20) | 16 (30.2) | 34 (17.20) | 0.035 | |
No | 201 (80) | 37 (69.8) | 164 (82.80) | ||
Preoperative hospital stay | |||||
 ≤ 7 days | 190 (75.70) | 43 (81.13) | 147 (74.24) | 0.299 | |
 > 7 days | 61 (24.30) | 10 (18.87) | 51 (25.76) | ||
Wards | |||||
General surgery | 143 (57) | 27 (51) | 116 (58.60) |  < 0.001 | |
Orthopedics | 39 (15.50) | 19 (35.80) | 20 (10.10) | ||
Gynecology and obsteristics | 69 (27.50) | 7 (13.20) | 62 (31.30) | ||
Urgency of surgery | Â | ||||
Scheduled | 84 (33.50) | 8 (15.09) | 76 (38.38) | 0.001 | |
Emergent | 167 (65.50) | 45 (84.91) | 122 (61.62) | ||
Duration of surgery | |||||
 < 2 h | 187 (74.50) | 29 (54.72) | 158 (79.80) |  < 0.001 | |
 ≥ 2 h | 64 (25.50) | 24 (45.28) | 40 (19.20) | ||
Types of wound | |||||
Clean or clean contaminated | 214 (85.30) | 25 (47.17) | 189 (95.45) |  < 0.001 | |
Contaminated | 37 (14.70) | 28 (52.83) | 9 (4.55) | ||
Used antibiotic preoperatively | 206 (82.10) | 50 (94.34) | 156 (78.79) | 0.009 | |
Used antibiotic post-operatively | 45 (17.90) | 23 (43.40) | 22 (11.11) |  < 0.001 | |
Duration of AMP | |||||
Within 24 h | 40 (15.94) | 3 (5.66) | 37 (18.86) | 0.007 | |
  > 24 h | 166 (66.14) | 47 (88.68) | 119 (60.10) | ||