Effects of totally implantable venous access ports on complications and quality of life in gastrointestinal cancer chemotherapy

Table 6 Univariate and multivariate analysis of quality of life in chemotherapy patients with gastrointestinal cancer, n (%)

Parameters	Univariate analysis			Multivariate analysis
	P value	OR	95%CI	P value	OR	95%CI
TIVAP	0.005	0.522	0.330-0.816	0.020	0.578	0.364-0.918
Distal SVC/RA	0.012	0.511	0.302-0.862	0.026	0.542	0.317-0.929
Prophylactic antibiotics given	0.044	0.582	0.339-0.975	0.047	0.591	0.344-1.015
Antimicrobial dressing applied	0.019	0.554	0.335-0.902	0.049	0.601	0.362-0.997

TIVAP: Totally implantable venous access ports; RA: Right Atrium; SVC: Superior vena cava.