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Table 3 Factors associated with depression among HIV patients at ALERT hospital ART clinic in, 2015 (n = 417)

From: Prevalence and correlates of depression and anxiety among patients with HIV on-follow up at Alert Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Explanatory variables

Depression

COR, 95 % (CI)

AOR, 95 % (CI)

Yes

No

Age

 18–29

48

37

2.03 (1.03,3.99)

1.91 (.87,4.18)

 30–39

58

99

0.92 (0.49,1.69)

1.02 (0.50,2.08)

 40–49

43

73

0.92 (0.48,1.76)

1.20 (0.58,2.52)

  ≥ 50

23

36

1

1

Educational status

 Unable to read and write

50

37

2.33 (1.33,4.78)

2.05 (0.83,5.09)

 Primary education

57

85

1.15 (0.59,2.26)

1.00 (0.44,2.23)

 Secondary education

47

92

0.88 (0.45,1.73)

0.94 (0.43,2.06)

 Diploma and above

18

31

1

1

Stage of HIV

 Stage one

64

137

1

1

 Stage two

47

74

1.36 (0.85,2.18)

1.66 (0.98,2.83)

 Stage three

49

28

3.75 (2.16,6.50)

2.80 (1.50,5.21)*

 Stage four

12

6

4.28 (1.54,11.92)

3.03 (0.92,9.98)

CD4 cell count

  < =500cell/μL

137

165

1.90 (1.20,3.00)

1.39 (0.82,2.37)

  > 500cell/μL

35

80

1

1

Perceived stigma

 Yes

130

112

3.68 (2.39,5.65)

3.60 (2.23,5.80)**

 No

42

133

1

1

Medication adherence

 Poor

106

107

2.07 (1.39,3.08)

1.61 (1.02,2.55)*

 Good

66

138

1

1

Social support

 Good

44

117

1

1

 Poor

128

128

2.66 (1.74,4.06)

2.02 (1.25,3.27)*

  1. P-value for hosmer and lemeshew test = 0.402 depression
  2. Others comorbid illness = diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, epilepsy and hypertension
  3. Significant association (* = p-value <0.05 and ** = p-value < 0.01), n = sample size