Table 1 Characteristics of nosocomial infection patients during the year of 2020 compared with the year of 2019
Periods | Period 1 | Period 2 | Period 3 | Period 4 | P1 | P2 | P3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | First Pre-COVID-19 era January 2019–April 2019 (n = 54) Mean ± SD or n (%) | Second Pre-COVID-19 era May 2019–December 2019 (n = 82) Mean ± SD or n (%) | COVID-19 era January 2020–April 2020 (n = 26) Mean ± SD or n (%) | Post-COVID-19 era May 2020–December 2020 (n = 96) Mean ± SD or n (%) | Period 1 vs. Period 3 | Period 2 vs. Period 4 | Period 2 vs. Period 3 |
Age, year | 56.94 ± 17.82 | 60.99 ± 11.78 | 59.65 ± 15.70 | 63.23 ± 13.03 | 0.51 | 0.23 | 0.65 |
Sex, n (%) | 0.48 | 0.97 | 1.00 | ||||
Male | 30 (55.6) | 37 (45.1) | 12 (46.2) | 43 (44.8) | |||
Female | 24 (44.4) | 45 (54.9) | 14 (53.8) | 53 (55.2) | |||
Length of stay, d | 36.20 ± 31.90 | 39.10 ± 38.07 | 31.29 ± 26.09 | 25.28 ± 19.55 | 0.50 | < 0.01 | 0.33 |
Operation, n (%) | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.52 | ||||
Emergency operation | 34 (63.0) | 57 (69.5) | 15 (57.7) | 50 (52.1) | |||
Elective operation | 1 (1.9) | 8 (9.8) | 4 (15.4) | 17 (17.7) | |||
No operation | 19 (35.2) | 17 (20.7) | 7 (26.9) | 29 (30.2) | |||