Prevalence and Associated Factors of Depression among Admitted Adult Patients in Surgical and Medical Wards of Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Table 4
Bivariate and multivariate analyses among admitted patients in medical and surgical wards at SPHMMC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ().
Variable
Depression
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95%)
Yes
No
Sex
Male
139
162
1
1
Female
179
110
1.89 (1.37, 2.63)
2.04 (1.35, 3.08)
Marital status
Married
107
169
1
1
Single
159
72
3.49 (2.41, 5.04)
3.48 (2.09, 5.77)
Divorced
25
14
2.82 (1.40, 5.67)
2.28 (0.96, 5.42)
Widowed/separated
27
17
2.51 (1.31, 4.82)
2.82 (1.26, 6.29)
Educational level
Unable to read and write
149
70
2.97 (1.51, 5.77)
2.71 (1.14, 6.45)
Can read and write only
51
41
1.73 (0.83, 3.59)
2.28 (0.90, 5.79)
Primary school
62
90
0.97 (0.48, 1.90)
1.06 (0.44, 2.56)
Secondary
38
46
1.15 (0.55, 2.41)
1.27 (0.50, 3.23)
College/university
18
25
1
1
Living conditions
Wife/husband
127
149
1
1
Family
46
54
0.99 (0.63, 1.58)
0.78 (0.45, 1.35)
Relatives
20
15
1.56 (0.77, 3.18)
0.71 (0.29, 1.68)
Alone
106
39
3.19 (2.06, 4.94)
1.46 (0.80, 2.67)
Others
19
15
1.49 (0.73, 3.04)
0.65 (0.28, 1.54)
Site admission
Medical ward
233
177
1.47 (1.04, 2.09)
1.59 (1.02, 2.47)
Surgical ward
85
95
1
1
Previous history of admission
Yes
144
74
2.21 (1.57, 3.13)
1.42 (0.94, 2.16)
No
174
198
1
1
History of mental illness
Yes
92
33
2.95 (1.90, 4.57)
1.79 (1.06, 3.05)
No
226
239
1
1
Social support
Poor
166
73
2.68 (1.61, 4.46)
2.82 (1.56, 5.11)
Moderate
113
153
0.87 (0.53, 1.42)
0.86 (0.49, 1.51)
Good
39
46
1
1
Note: <0.001; <0.05. Others: with their children; .
