Research Article

The Prevalence and Severity of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress among Medical Undergraduate Students of Arsi University and Their Association with Substance Use, Southeast Ethiopia

Table 9

Multiple logistic regressions of anxiety and predictor variables, N = 260, AU, January 2019.

Predictor variablesTotal N = 260AnxietyAOR
Yes N (%)No N (%)

Age<20 years66 (100.0)41 (62.1)25 (37.9)0.31 (0.07–1.46)
20–24 years135 (100.0)88 (65.2)47 (34.8)0.56 (0.21–1.54)
>24 years59 (100.0)29 (49.2)30 (50.8)1.00

SexMale164 (100.0)92 (56.1)72 (43.9)0.51 (0.27–0.94)
Female96 (100.0)66 (68.8)30 (31.3)1.00

Marital statusSingle196 (100.0)112 (57.1)84 (42.9)0.46 (0.23–0.94)
Married64 (100.0)46 (71.9)18 (28.1)1.00

Educational yearFirst year44 (100.0)25 (56.8)19 (43.2)12.91 (2.40–69.36)
Second year45 (100.0)34 (75.6)11 (24.4)20.43 (4.40–94.89)
Third year39 (100.0)30 (76.9)9 (23.1)18.03 (4.54–71.58)
Fourth year47 (100.0)29 (61.7)18 (38.3)9.16 (2.65–31.66)
Fifth year31 (100.0)18 (58.1)13 (41.9)6.89 (2.10–22.55)
Sixth year54 (100.0)22 (40.7)32 (59.3)1.00

ResidencyNondormitory22 (100.0)21 (95.5)1 (4.5)58.72 (6.33–544.87)
Dormitory238 (100.0)137 (57.6)101 (42.4)1.00

Khat chewingYes56 (100.0)37 (66.1)19 (33.9)1.57 (0.57–4.33)
No204 (100.0)99 (48.5)105 (51.5)1.00

Cigarette smokingYes40 (100.0)28 (70.0)12 (30.0)2.60 (1.01–8.41)
No220 (100.0)108 (49.1)112 (50.9)1.00

Alcohol drinkingYes88 (100.0)56 (63.6)32 (36.4)1.41 (0.73–2.74)
No172 (100.0)80 (46.5)92 (53.5)1.00

Reference category.