Abstract:
In survival analysis, Recurrent events approaches has become a useful approach to account for covariate effects on the distribution of an event time of interest The main objectives of this paper is Determining the factors affecting the recurrence of mycetoma using Kaplan-Meier method. Mycetoma (eumycetoma) is a dangerous and takes patient to the late stages of the disease as it is painless in the beginning. Furthermore, has a high recurrence rate. In our study, we conducted estimates of survivor and hazard functions with non-parametric methods, Analyze Mycetoma data and identify factors affecting recurrence. Methodology for our study includes descriptive statistics and Kaplan Meier. 171 patients with Madurella mycetomatis were included in the study at the Mycetoma Research Centre, Khartoum, Sudan between 1991 and 2021. According to the results we found from Kaplan-Meier analysis, eight factors are significant (age, duration of disease, veins, periosteal reaction, Organism, Ultra sound, treatment and Duration of treatment).
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