Research Article
Nutritional Status and Associated Factors among Adult Psychiatric Patients in Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia
Table 5
Factors associated with the nutritional status of adult psychiatric patients attending OPD of Dessie referral hospital, northeast Ethiopia, June 2018.
| | Variables | Nutritional status | Undernutrition | Overnutrition | | Normal | Under | Over | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| | Sex | | | | | | | | | Male | 147 (49.0) | 67 (63.2) | 52 (41.9) | 1.78 (1.13-2.81) | 2.39 (1.27-4.47) | — | — | | Female | 153 (51.0) | 39 (36.8) | 72 (58.1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Type of diagnosis | | | | | | | | | New | 145 (48.3) | 38 (35.8) | 73 (58.9) | — | — | 1.53 (1.00-2.33) | 1.86 (1.0-3.42) | | Repeat | 155 (51.7) | 68 (64.2) | 51 (41.1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Physical activity | | | | | | | | | No | 184 (61.3) | 58 (54.7) | 92 (74.2) | — | — | 1.81 (1.13-2.88) | 2.99 (1.37-6.49) | | Yes | 116 (38.7) | 48 (45.3) | 32 (25.8) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Khat chewing | | | | | | | | | No | 112 (70.7) | 72 (67.9) | 106 (85.5) | — | — | 2.44 (1.39-4.27) | 3.92 (1.63-9.42) | | Yes | 88 (29.3) | 34 (32.1) | 18 (14.5) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Alcohol drinking | | | | | | | | | No | 294 (98.0) | 92 (86.8) | 115 (92.7) | 0.13 (0.05-0.35) | 0.20 (0.06-0.74) | — | — | | Yes | 6 (2.0) | 14 (13.2) | 9 (7.3) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Employment | | | | | | | | | Private | 56 (10.6) | 6 (1.1) | 26 (4.9) | 0.18 (0.07-0.45) | 0.08 (0.02-0.31) | — | — | | Government | 25 (4.7) | 5 (0.9) | 12 (2.3) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Significant at value <0.05. Significant at value ≤0.001. |
