Table 3 Clinical characteristics associated with mortality among study participants
From: Predictors of mortality among children at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania: a cohort study
Clinical characteristics | Death | Survival | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | ||
Origin of referral | |||
Home | 27 (8.2) | 302 (91.8) | |
District hospital | 76 (16.1) | 395 (83.9) | |
Private hospital | 6 (7.4) | 75 (92.6) | |
Other health facilities | 4 (9.1) | 40 (90.9) | 0.003* |
Day of death occurrence | |||
Weekdays | 76 (10.4) | 658 (88.6) | |
Weekends | 37 (19.4) | 154 (80.6) | 0.001 |
Duration of hospital stay (hours) | |||
< 24 | 36 (38.7) | 57 (61.3) | |
24–72 | 24 (16.8) | 119 (83.2) | |
> 72 | 53 (7.7) | 636 (92.3) | < 0.001 |
Clinical features | |||
Convulsion | |||
Yes | 33 (17.4) | 157 (82.6) | |
No | 80 (10.9) | 655 (89.1) | 0.015 |
Unconscious | |||
Yes | 18 (64.3) | 10 (35.7) | |
No | 95 (9.5) | 651 (90.3) | < 0.001 |
Lethargy | |||
Yes | 26 (38.8) | 41 (61.2) | |
No | 87 (10.7) | 771 (89.9) | < 0.001 |
Cough | |||
Yes | 29 (9.7) | 270 (90.3) | |
No | 84 (13.4) | 542 (86.6) | 0.100 |
Diarrhoea | |||
Yes | 33 (22.8) | 112 (17.2) | |
No | 80 (10.3) | 70 (89.7) | < 0.001 |
Vomiting | |||
Yes | 19 (12.8) | 129 (87.2) | |
No | 94 (12.1) | 683 (87.9) | 0.800 |
Inability to feed | |||
Yes | 9 (33.3) | 18 (66.7) | |
No | 104 (11.6) | 794 (88.4) | 0.001 |
Respiratory distress | |||
Yes | 35 (26.9) | 95 (73.1) | |
No | 78 (9.8) | 717 (90.2) | < 0.001 |
Fever (temperature) | |||
< 37.50C | 55 (10.5) | 468 (89.5) | |
> 37.50C | 58 (14.4) | 344 (85.6) | 0.072 |
Nutritional status (weight/height) | |||
Normal | 52 (9.0) | 525 (91.0) | |
Moderate wasting | 19 (10.8) | 157 (89.6) | |
Severe wasting | 42 (24.4) | 130 (75.6) | < 0.001 |