Prevalence of Mental Distress and Associated Factors among Samara University Students, Northeast Ethiopia

Table 3

Factors associated with mental distress of Samara university Students, Northeast Ethiopia, 2018 ().

Variable	Mental distress		ORs with 95% CI
	Yes	No	Crude	Adjusted
Sex
Male	90	140	1.00	1.00
Female	125	49	3.97 (2.6, 6.06)	4.66 (2.81, 7.71)
Year of study
1^st year	80	18	7.16 (3.91, 13.12)	4.28 (0.85, 21.466)
2^nd year	76	76	1.61 (1.02, 2.54)	0.78 (0.17, 3.65)
≥3^rd year	59	95	1.00	1.00
Family history of mental illness
Yes	65	34	1.98 (1.23, 3.17)	1.69 (0.97, 2.96)
No	150	155	1.00	1.00
Ever used khat
Yes	70	41	1.74 (1.11, 2.73)	3.09 (1.74, 5.5)
No	145	148	1.00	1.00
Ever used alcohol
Yes	73	81	0.69 (0.58, 1.03)	0.9 (0.55, 1.47)
No	142	108	1.00	1.00
Sleep quality and quantity
Good sleep quality	32	53	1.00	1.00
Poor sleep quality	183	136	2.23 (1.36, 3.66)	2.02 (1.12, 3.66)

ORs = Odds ratio. The bold values indicate statistical significance.