Table 4 Factors associated with presurgical and out-of-hospital timing in complicated appendicitis
Factors | Total pre-surgical timing (days) | Out-of-hospital presurgical timing (days) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Multivariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||
Coef (95% CI) | p value | Coef (95% CI) | p value | |
Age | ||||
0–4 years | 0.69 (0.26–1.13) | .00 | 0.68 (0.26–1.1) | .00 |
5–9 years | 0.15 (−0.10–0.39) | .24 | 0.20 (−0.02–0.44) | .085 |
≥ 10 years | Ref | |||
Gender | ||||
Male | 0.08 (−0.31–0.14) | .48 | −0.01 (− 0.24–0.2) | .87 |
Domicile | ||||
Urban | −0.29 (− 0.649–0.066) | .11 | − 0.26 (− 0.69- -0.02) | .12 |
Socioeconomic status | ||||
2 | − 0.44 (− 0.75- -0.13) | .01 | − 0.46 (− 0.76- -0.16) | .00 |
3 | − 0.34 (− 0.69–0.01) | .06 | −0.36 (− 0.69- -0.02) | .036 |
1 | Ref | |||
Caregiver | ||||
Father | 0.38 (0.05–0.70) | .02 | 0.41 (0.10–0.73) | .01 |
Other | −0.13 (−0.799–0.529) | .69 | −1.89 (− 0.82–0.44) | .56 |
Age | ||||
25–39 years | −0.16 (− 0.72–0.39) | .55 | ´-.30 (−83- -.22) | .26 |
> 40 years | −0.15 (− 0.73–0.44) | .62 | ´-.31 (−.88–.24) | .27 |
≤ 24 years | Ref | |||
Education | ||||
High school | 0.12 (−0.21–0.45) | .47 | 0.02 (−0.29- -0.33) | .90 |
Tertiary degree | 0.03 (−0.32–0.38) | .876 | − 0.11 (− 0.44–0.22) | .52 |
Elementary school or less | Ref | |||
Selfmedication | ||||
Yes | 0.29 (0.05–0.52) | .02 | 0.33 (0.11–0.56) | .00 |
Home management | ||||
Herbal hot water | 0–0.16 (−0.42–0.12) | .26 | −0.17 (− 0.43–0.08) | .19 |
Massage | 0.04 (− 0.31–0.39) | .82 | 0.02 (− 0.31–0.40) | .91 |
Other | 0.06 (− 0.32–0.43) | .75 | 0.04 (− 0.31–0.40) | .80 |
None | Ref | |||
Delay 1st out-patient visit (cause) | ||||
Didn’t believe it was serious | 0.54 (− 0.19–0.89) | .00 | .608 (.27–.94) | .00 |
Other | 0.41 (− 0.02–0.84) | .06 | .42 (.01–.83) | .05 |
1st out-patient visit conduct | ||||
Discharge | 1.61 (1.2–1.95) | .00 | 1.68 (1.3–2.0) | .00 |
Referal | −0.02 (− 0.27–0.23) | .88 | 0.05 (− 0.18–0.28) | .67 |