Association of Poor Social Support and Financial Insecurity with Psychological Distress of Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Attending National Nephrology Unit in Sri Lanka
Table 2
Unadjusted odds ratios of demographic and economic factors and psychological distress.
Factors
Psychological distress
Odds ratio
95% confidence interval
value
Yes (%)
No (%)
Age: <60 years
121 (58.2)
89 (52.7)
1.25
0.83 to 1.88
0.28
Sex: females
104 (50.0)
61 (36.7)
1.73
1.14 to 0.64
0.01
Ethnicity: Sinhala
175 (84.1)
152 (89.9)
0.59
0.31 to 1.10
0.09
Province of living: western
140 (67.3)
120 (71.0)
0.84
0.54 to1.30
0.44
Educational status: ≤O/L
89 (42.8)
53 (31.4)
1.64
1.07 to 2.50
0.02
Religion: Buddhists
144 (69.2)
134 (79.3)
0.58
0.37 to 0.94
0.03
Marital status: unmarried
25 (12.0)
23 (13.6)
0.87
0.47 to 1.6
0.64
Living alone
24 (11.5)
22 (13.0)
0.87
0.47 to 1.61
0.64
Currently employed
121 (58.7)
73 (43.2)
1.87
1.24 to 2.81
0.003
Low monthly income
52 (25.0)
28 (16.6)
1.68
1.0 to 2.8
0.05
High out-of-pocket expenditure
108 (51.9)
67 (39.6)
1.64
1.09 to 2.48
0.01
Distance to nephrology unit from residence: >150 Km
