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Table 2 Percentage of inappropriate stays and associated factors: bivariate and multivariate analysis.

From: Factors associated with the appropriate use of preoperatory hospital stays: historical cohort study

   

Rate of inappropriateness

Bivariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

  

n

%

95CI-LL*

95CI-UL*

RR*

95CI-LL*

95CI-UL*

p

ROR*

95CI-LL*

95CI-UL*

p

Age

< 45 years

257

29.2

23.6

34.7

        
 

45–65 years

968

50.3

47.2

53.5

1.72

1.35

2.20

<0.0001

1.98

1.40

2.81

0.0001

 

> 65 years

1359

44.6

41.9

47.2

1.53

1.20

1.94

0.0006

1.97

1.38

2.81

0.0002

Sex

Male

1708

46.1

43.8

48.5

        
 

Female

876

43.4

40.1

46.7

0.94

0.08

1.03

0.1966

1.05

0.86

1.29

0.6195

Admission

Urgent

1183

37.0

34.3

39.8

        
 

Programmed

1401

52.1

49.5

54.7

1.40

1.28

1.53

<0.0001

2.58

2.09

3.20

<0.0001

Hospitalization length

< 7 days

1000

27.3

24.5

30.1

        
 

≥ 7 days

1584

56.5

54.1

58.9

2.07

1.85

2.31

<0.0001

4.13

3.29

5.18

<0.0001

Correctly documented medical records

Yes

649

35.0

31.3

38.6

        
 

No

1932

48.7

46.5

50.9

1.39

1.24

1.56

<0.0001

2.01

1.59

2.55

<0.0001

Correctly documented nursing records

Yes

2474

45.1

43.1

47.0

        
 

No

107

49.5

40.1

59.0

1.10

0.90

1.34

0.4185

1.21

0.78

1.88

0.3952

Working day

Yes

1971

41.5

39.3

43.7

        
 

No

613

57.1

53.2

61.0

1.38

1.23

1.50

<0.0001

1.91

1.56

2.34

<0.0001

Service

Angiology and Vascular Surgery

592

51.7

47.6

55.8

1.96

1.54

2.49

<0.0001

1.25

0.95

1.65

0,1055

 

Heart Surgery

221

59.7

53.0

66.4

2.71

1.99

3.70

<0.0001

1.75

1.25

2.45

0.0010

 

General Surgery 'Service A'

358

64.3

58.3

70.4

1.58

1.21

2.07

0.0008

1.91

1.44

2.53

<0.0001

 

General Surgery 'Service B'

219

40.6

33.9

47.4

1.25

0.92

1.71

0.1580

1.07

0.76

1.51

0.7101

 

Laparoscopic Surgery

103

32.0

22.5

41.5

0.86

0.56

1.32

0.4903

0.78

0.49

1.22

0.2743

 

Thoracic Surgery

322

68.9

63.7

74.2

4.06

3.04

5.41

<0.0001

2.52

1.83

3.49

<0.0001

 

Gynaecology

34

2.9

0.1

15.3

0.06

0.01

0.34

0.0019

0.10

0.02

0.65

0.0155

 

Neurosurgery

61

36.1

23.2

48.9

1.03

0.62

1.72

0.9072

1.58

0.92

2.71

0.0995

 

Ophthalmology

72

31.9

20.5

43.4

0.86

0.53

1.40

0.5404

0.86

0.51

1.43

0.5580

 

Otorhinolaryngology

129

51.2

42.1

60.2

1.91

1.32

2.77

0.0005

0.95

0.64

1.43

0.8214

 

Traumatology

252

23.4

18.0

28.8

0.56

0.40

0.78

0.0005

1.05

0.74

1.49

0.7858

 

Urology

221

22.2

16.5

27.9

0.52

0.37

0.74

0.0002

0.82

0.56

1.20

0.3052

TOTAL

 

2584

45.2

43.3

47.1

        
  1. * 95CI: 95% confidence interval; LL: lower limit; UL: upper limit; RR: relative risk; ROR: risk odds ratio. reference category. For variable 'Service' the reference is the mean effect. statistically significant for p < 0.05.