Burden of Suicidal Ideation and Attempt among Persons Living with HIV and AIDS in Semiurban Uganda

Table 4

Association between suicidal ideation and attempt and aspects of social support in HIV infected patients in HIV clinics in Mbarara, July–October 2009 ().

Variable	Suicidal (%) ()	cOR (95% CI)	value	aOR (95% CI)	value
Needs support
Yes	24 (8.1)	0.30 (0.10–0.89)	0.030	1.39 (0.23–8.57)	0.721
No	5 (22.7)	1
Receives support
Yes	23 (8.3)	0.50 (0.19–1.31)	0.156
No	6 (15.4)	1
Needed by others
Yes	21 (7.2)	0.19 (0.07–0.47)	0.000	0.32 (0.05–2.19)	0.246
No	8 (29.6)	1
Gives needed support
Yes	19 (7.1)	0.31 (0.13–0.71)	0.006	0.66 (0.15–2.87)	0.583
No	10 (20.0)	1
Isolating self
Yes	7 (25.0)	0.25 (0.10–0.65)	0.004	0.49 (0.12–1.73)	0.245
No	22 (7.6)	1
Ashamed of HIV
Yes	11 (16.2)	2.48 (1.11–5.54)	0.027	1.44 (0.51–4.08)	0.497
No	18 (7.2)	1
Guilt of HIV positivity
Yes	9 (12.7)	1.64 (0.71–3.78)	0.246
No	20 (8.1)	1
Blaming self for HIV
Yes	9 (11.7)	1.46 (0.63–3.35)	0.374
No	20 (8.3)
Physically assaulted
Yes	3 (33.3)	5.42 (1.28–22.96)	0.022	6.66 (1.48–30.08)	0.014
No	26 (8.4)

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