Prevalence of depression and its associated factors among patients attending primary care settings in the post-conflict Northern Province in Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Factors associated with major depression: unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios (n = 12,841)

Variable	Unadjusted				Adjusted^a
Variable	OR	95% CI		P value	OR	95% CI		P value
Age group (years)
18-24	1.0				1.0
25-34	5.6	2.3	14.1	<0.001	4.9	1.9	12.5	0.001
35-49	10.9	4.5	26.7	<0.001	5.6	2.2	14.0	<0.001
50-64	21.8	8.9	52.9	<0.001	5.7	2.3	14.2	<0.001
65 and above	38.8	15.9	94.6	<0.001	4.7	1.8	11.9	0.001
Sex
Male	1.0				1.0
Female	1.4	1.2	1.7	<0.001	1.4	1.1	1.7	0.001
Nature of employment
Govt./Semi govt. paid employee	1.0
Private sector paid employee	2.3	1.2	4.6	0.016
Employer	0.8	0.4	1.9	0.653
Own account worker	2.3	1.4	4.1	0.002
Contributing to family enterprise	4.5	2.7	7.6	<0.001
District
Mullaitivu	1.0				1.0
Jaffna	1.8	1.5	2.2	<0.001	1.0	0.8	1.2	0.873
Kilinochchi	0.7	0.5	0.9	0.002	1.5	1.1	2.1	0.013
Mannar	1.4	0.9	2.2	0.112	4.6	2.8	7.4	<0.001
Seeing
No difficulty	1.0				1.0
Difficult/not possible	10.9	9.1	13.1	<0.001	2.3	1.8	3.0	<0.001
Hearing
No difficulty	1.0				1.0
Difficult/not possible	8.0	6.6	9.6	<0.001	2.0	1.5	2.5	<0.001
Walking
No difficulty	1.0				1.0
Difficult/not possible	19.9	16.3	24.3	<0.001	7.5	5.8	9.8	<0.001
Cognition
No difficulty	1.0				1.0
Difficult/not possible	18.8	15.7	22.6	<0.001	4.5	3.6	5.6	<0.001
Self-care
No difficulty	1.0				1.0
Difficult/not possible	17.9	12.7	25.2	<0.001	2.6	1.7	4.0	<0.001
Communication
No difficulty	1.0
Difficult/not possible	8.5	5.9	12.3	<0.001

^aAdjusted for all variables in the column (age, sex, district, seeing, hearing, walking, cognition and self care).

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