Relapse and Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Bipolar Disorders in Central Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Factors associated with relapse among patients with bipolar disorder at the Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital psychiatric outpatient departments (), 2015.

Explanatory variables	Relapse		Adjusted odd ratio (95% CI)	value
	Yes	No
Living circumstance
With family	247	102	1.00	0.804
Alone	37	14	0.91 (0.44, 1.9)
Sex
Male	124	48	1.00	0.710
Female	160	68	0.91 (0.57, 1.47)
Job
Employed	207	86	1.00	0.642
Unemployed	77	30	1.14 (0.66, 1.96)
Age
18-24	45	29	1.00
25-34	102	52	1.13 (0.59, 2.14)	0.717
35-44	78	23	1.62 (0.76, 3.43)	0.209
45 -54	34	8	2.27 (0.83, 6.2)	0.111
55 and above	22	7	2.52 (0.72, 8.85)	0.149
Marital status
Married	119	56	1.00	0.197
Unmarried	165	60	1.36 (0.85, 2.16)
Poor family relation
Yes	166	82	1.45 (0.89, 2.37)	0.135
No	118	34	100
Medication adherence
Poor	88	21	1.00
Moderate	107	59	0.56 (0.29, 1.10)	0.076
Good	89	36	0.39 (0.22, 0.72)	0.002
Duration of illness
≤5 years	108	81	1.00
>5 years	176	35	3.91 (2.44, 6.27)	0.0001

Statistically significant.