Factors Associated with Depression among Heart Failure Patients at Cardiac Follow-Up Clinics in Northwest Ethiopia, 2017: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression output for factors associated with depressive symptoms among HF patients at cardiac follow-up clinics in Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017 (n=403).

Variables		Depression		COR [95%C.I.]	AOR [95%C.I.]	P-value
		Yes	No
Sex	Female	108	61	2.46(1.58,3.53)	2.70(1.44, 5.07)	0.01
	Male	98	136	1	1
self-care behavior	Poor	96	63	1.86(1.24, 2.81)	1.60(1.01, 2.55)	0.04
	Good	110	134	1	1
SS	Poor	56	36	1.67(1.04, 2.68)	1.90(1.16, 3.12)	0.01
	Good	150	161	1	1
Knowledge	Poor	159	132	1.67(1.07, 2.59)	1.67(1.03, 2.69)	0.03
	Good	47	65	1	1
Living Status	Alone	32	21	1.54(0.86, 2.78)	0.62(0.61, 2.56)	0.18
	Not alone	174	176	1	1
Occupation	NGE	190	173	1.65(0.85, 3.20)	1.64(0.78, 3.44)	0.19
	GE	16	24	1	1
Currently smoking	Yes	16	4	4.06(1.33, 12.37)	4.96(1.54,15.98)	0.01
	No	190	193	1	1
Duration of CHF	>1 year	125	96	1.62(1.09, 2.41)	1.64(1.04, 2.59)	0.03
	< 1 year	81	101	1	1

Note: NGE: nongovernmental employment, GE: governmental employment, SS: social support, COR: crude odds ratio, AOR: adjusted odds ratio, CI: confidence interval 1. Living Status; not alone: living with family+ living with nonfamily. These were merged because those living with nonfamily were few in number.
2. Nongovernmental: merchant+ housewife+ farmer+ daily laborer. These were merged because all are private occupations.