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Assessing the predictors of prolonged hospital stays could help identify potential interventions to reduce the burden on patients and healthcare systems.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study aimed to identify the risk factors attributed to prolonged hospital stays among patients admitted with acute exacerbations of chronic respiratory disorders in Jordan.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A retrospective cohort study was conducted by reviewing the demographic and clinical characteristics of hospitalized patients with asthma and COPD exacerbations between January 2017 and July 2021. The recorded variables were checked for their independence. Simple and stepwise multivariate linear regressions were then performed to identify variables associated significantly with a longer hospital length of stay (LOS).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 896 cases were evaluated. The mean\u2009\u00b1\u2009SD stay was 5.66\u2009\u00b1\u20093.40 days, whereas the median (IQR) was 5.00 (4.00) days. Variables associated significantly with prolonged LOS in the multivariate analysis were female gender (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.089, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.011), pulmonary hypertension (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.093, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.004), allergic rhinitis (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.086, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.007), ICU admission (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.096, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.003), requirement for mechanical ventilation (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.102, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.002), higher total number of medications (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.281, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and the number of exacerbation\u2010related medications (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.200, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). However, smoking (<jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009\u22120.091, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.008) was significantly associated with a shorter LOS.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Gender, pulmonary hypertension, allergic rhinitis, ICU admission, mechanical ventilation, the number of medications and smoking were significantly related to LOS. 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