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	𝑃 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

^∗∗𝑃<0.001; *𝑃<0.05.