Abstract:
Length of stay has been used as an indicator of the quality of care. Prolonged hospitalization has an impact on patients, their relatives and the hospitals. The purpose of this retrospective study was to investigate the relationship between personal factors, treatment and operation factors and length of stay in patients with major abdominal surgery. A-138 health record of the patients with major abdominal surgery was purposively recruited for the study. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, Chi-Square and Spearman Rank Correlation.
The findings indicated that patients length of stay ranged from 5 to 41 days with mean of 13.36 days (SD = 8.13). Sex, diagnosis, complication, after operation and duration of operation were statistical significantly related to length of stay. However, age comorbidity and nutrition did not relate to length of stay. The results of study suggest that monitoring of patients illness and prevention of complications after operation will decrease length of stay and early discharge