Research Article
Factors Affecting Non-Adherence among Patients Diagnosed with Unipolar Depression in a Psychiatric Department of a Tertiary Hospital in Kolkata, India
Table 10
Factors associated with poor adherence: multiple logistic regression.
| Variables | Adjusted odds ratio | 95% CI | value |
| Sex* | | | | Men | 1 | | | Women | 2.7 | 1.1–7.1 | 0.045 | Age group | | | | 18–30 | 1 | | | 31–40 | 0.8 | 0.3–2.1 | 0.632 | 41–50 | 0.4 | 0.1–1.2 | 0.149 | 51–60 | 0.3 | 0.1–1.0 | 0.051 | Education (years completed) | | | | 0 | 1 | | | 1–10 | 1.3 | 0.6–2.8 | 0.486 | >10 | 0.2 | 0.1–0.6 | 0.131 | Religion | | | | Hindus | 1 | | | Muslims | 1.1 | 0.4–2.9 | 0.917 | Marital status | | | | Never married | 1 | | | Married | 0.4 | 0.1–1.9 | 0.241 | Separated | 2.8 | 0.2–41.6 | 0.562 | Widow/er | 0.3 | 0.1–2.3 | 0.243 | Occupation | | | | Unemployed | 1 | | | Housewife/household chores | 0.4 | 0.8–2.1 | 0.446 | Irregular employment | 1.9 | 0.2–19.8 | 0.681 | Regular employment | 2.8 | 0.3–31.5 | 0.403 | Agricultural work | 0.1 | 0.1–0.8 | 0.031 | Others (cooks, maids) | 0.2 | 0.2–1.3 | 0.192 | Family type | | | | Nuclear | 1 | | | Joint/extended | 0.8 | 0.2–3.1 | 0.842 | Others | 6.7 | 0.6–79.8 | 0.119 | Take more medicines** | | | | No | 1 | | | Yes | 2.8 | 1.1–7.3 | 0.033 | Visited healing temple | | | | No | 1 | | | Yes | 0.6 | 0.2–1.5 | 0.371 | Average treatment duration (months) | | | | <12 | 1 | | | 12–24 | 0.4 | 0.1–0.9 | 0.010 | >24 | 0.6 | 0.2–1.6 | 0.467 | External LOC | | | | Yes | 1 | | | No | 0.1 | 0.2–3.7 | 0.951 | Internal LOC** | | | | Yes | 1 | | | No | 4.5 | 2.4–8.3 | 0.000 |
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