| Summary: | Background : Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) is
the second-most nosocomial infection in the United
States which directly associated to the increase of
mortality, morbidity, and hospital costs. HAP is
associated to patients� length of stay (LOS) in
hospital and could be one of the evaluations of
infection control in hospital.
Objectives : The research was done to evaluate the
prevalence of HAP, LOS, and the relationship between
predicting factors of mortality and LOS in Dr. Sardjito
General Hospital in 2012.
Methods : The research was a retrospective
cohort study. The research subjects were the inpatients
diagnosed with HAP in Dr. Sardjito General Hospital in
2012. The variables that were assessed could be divided
into 3 groups, general factors, comorbidity, and
clinical intervention. The variables then analyzed with
univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analysis.
Results : The prevalence of HAP in Dr. Sardjito
General Hospital were 0,32% among all the hospitalized
patients and 1,85% of the high risk population. The
mean of patients� entire LOS were 19,24 � 14,54 days
and the mean of patients� LOS after diagnosed with HAP
were 10,49 � 10,36 days. Bivariate analysis showed the
relationship between predicting factors of mortality
and entire LOS were the intrahospital transfer, onset,
smoking history, cancer, anemia, and surgical
procedure, meanwhile the relationship between
predicting factors of mortality and LOS after diagnosed
with HAP were smoking history, diabetes, cancer,
anemia, and surgical procedure. Multivariate analysis
showed no significant relationship between predicting
factors of mortality and LOS.
Conclusion : There were the relationship between
the predicting factors of mortality and LOS.
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