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Table 3 Binary logistic regression examining the association between psychosocial factors and depressive symptoms, June 2013

From: Sociodemographic, clinical, and psychosocial factors associated with depression among type 2 diabetic outpatients in Black Lion General Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Depression status

Univariate

Depressed (PHQ 9 ≥ 5) n/%

Not depressed (PHQ 9 ≤ 4) n/%

p-Value

OR(95 % CI)

Negative life event

53/60.2

35/39.8

0.000

2.6(1.5, 4.4)

Poor social support

59/62.1

36/37.9

0.000

3.1(1.8, 5.2)

Fear of diabetic complication

Yes

89/50

89/50

0.65

0.8(0.3, 2.1)

No

19/27.9

49/72.1

0.03

0.3(0.1, 0.9)

Health care cost

High

85/44.3

107/55.7

0.18

0.5(0.2, 1.4)

Not high

22/40.7

32/59.3

0.14

0.4(0.2, 1.3)

Doing physical activity

17 (30.4 %)

39 (69.6 %)

0.02

0.5(0.3, 0.9)