The burden of surgical site infection and associated factors among patients admitted to the surgical ward in resource-limited countries: an institutional-based cross-sectional study

This study included a total of 309 patients, of whom 198 (64.1%) were males. The average age of the participants was 42, and participants more than 42 years' old totaled 156 (50.5%); the type of residence was found to be rural for 236 patients (84.6%). The magnitude of surgical site infection was calculated to be 29.1%. Predisposing factors for surgical site infection included male sex (AOR -4.9; 95%; 2.0-11.3), drainage use (AOR -4.46; 95%; 1.9-10.3), and abdominal surgery (AOR-4.3; 95%; 1.3-14.1), whereas protective factors included younger female sex, elective surgery, and a surgery duration of less than 2 h.