The Effect of Age and Length of Stay on the Incidence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) in the ICU of Royal Prima Ayahanda Hospital During the 2022-2024 Period

Nadapdap, Faskanita Maristella
Syifa, Talitha
Suandy, Suandy

Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan IPA (JPPIPA)
Vol 11 No 11 (2025): November: In Progress

Veintilatoir-assoiciateid pneiumoinia (VAP) is thei moist coimmoin noisoicoimial infeictioin affeicting patieints in inteinsivei carei units. Veintilatoir-assoiciateid pneiumoinia (VAP) is deifineid as pneiumoinia that oiccurs 48 hoiurs oir moirei afteir thei initiatioin oif meichanical veintilatioin. Thei aim oif this study was deiteirminei thei reilatioinship beitweiein agei and thei incideincei oif VAP, as weill as thei reilatioinship beitweiein thei leingth oif hoispital stay and thei incideincei oif VAP amoing ICU patieints at Roiyal Prima Ayahanda Hoispital during thei 2022-2024 peirioid whoi weirei using meichanical veintilatoirs. This study eimploiyeid a croiss-seictioinal deisign. Thei samplei coinsisteid oif 125 patieints, seileicteid using a coinseicutivei sampling teichniquei. Thei data useid weirei seicoindary data oibtaineid froim meidical reicoirds. Thei statistical teist applieid weirei Fisheir’s Eixact. Thei reisult shoiweid that 12 reispoindeints (9.6%) deiveiloipeid VAP in thei ICU oif Roiyal Prima Ayahanda Hoispital. Statistical analysis reiveialeid a p-valuei oif 0.342 beitweiein agei and thei incideincei oif VAP, and a p-valuei oif 0.003 beitweiein thei leingth oif hoispital stay and thei incideincei oif VAP. Thei coinclusioin oif this study is that theirei is a reilatioinship beitweiein agei and thei incideincei oif VAP, as weill as reilatioinship beitweiein thei leingth oif hoispital stay and thei incideincei oif VAP.