Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of patients admitted to adult intensive care units at selected public hospitals in Addis Ababa from January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022 (nā=ā409).
Variables | Categories | ICU length of stay | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ā<ā14Ā days | āā„ā14Ā days | |||
Gender | Male | 181 (44.3%) | 44 (10.8%) | 225 (55.0%) |
Female | 159 (38.9%) | 25 (6.1%) | 184 (45.0%) | |
Age (years) | 18ā30 | 122 (29.8%) | 23 (5.6%) | 145 (35.5%) |
31ā45 | 97 (23.7%) | 18 (4.4%) | 115 (28.1%) | |
ā>ā45 | 121 (29.6%) | 28 (6.8%) | 149 (36.4%) | |
Residence | Addis Ababa | 193 (47.2%) | 45 (11.0%) | 238 (58.2%) |
Out of Addis Ababa | 147 (35.9%) | 24 (5.9%) | 171 (41.8%) | |
Source of admission | Emergency department | 146 (35.7%) | 41 (10.0%) | 187 (45.7%) |
In hospital wards | 56 (13.7%) | 12 (2.9%) | 68 (16.6%) | |
Operation room | 138 (33.7%) | 16 (3.9%) | 154 (37.7%) | |
If source of admission from OR type of surgery | Emergency | 105 (68.2%) | 7 (4.5%) | 112 (72.7%) |
Elective | 33 (21.4%) | 9 (5.8%) | 42 (27.3%) | |
Cause surgery due to trauma | Yes | 5 (3.2%) | 5 (3.2%) | 10 (6.5%) |
No | 133 (86.4%) | 11 (7.1%) | 144 (93.5%) | |
Frequency of ICU admission | New admission | 332 (81.2%) | 60 (14.7%) | 392 (95.8%) |
Readmission | 8 (2.0%) | 9 (2.2%) | 17 (4.2%) | |
Comorbidity | Yes | 131 (32.0%) | 30 (7.3%) | 161 (39.4%) |
No | 209 (51.1%) | 39 (9.5%) | 248 (60.6%) | |
Types of comorbidities | Hypertension | 63 (39.4%) | 14 (8.8%) | 77 (48.1%) |
Diabetic mellitus | 28 (17.5%) | 6 (3.8%) | 34 (21.3%) | |
Heart diseases | 31 (19.4%) | 4 (2.5%) | 35 (21.9%) | |
HIV | 21 (13.1%) | 6 (3.8%) | 27 (16.9%) | |
Chronic lung diseases | 13 (8.1%) | 2 (1.3%) | 15 (9.4%) | |
Othersa | 38 (23.8%) | 10 (6.3%) | 48 (30.0%) | |
