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Table 4 Factors associated with anxiety among HIV patients at ALERT hospital ART clinic, 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

Anxiety

COR, 95 % (CI)

AOR, 95 % (CI)

Yes

No

Sex

 Male

30

136

1

1

 Female

105

146

3.26 (2.04,5.21)

3.13 (1.80,5.44)**

Marital status

 Single

39

91

1.25 (0.74,2.12)

1.14 (0.62,2.10)

 Divorced

32

37

2.53 (1.39,4.60)

2.51 (1.26,5.00)*

 Widowed

26

43

1.77 (0.96,3.25)

1.31 (0.65,2.61)

 Married

38

111

1

 

Occupational status

 Student

34

40

2.51 (1.28,4.92)

1.89 (0.84,4.24)

 Daily labor

17

29

1.73 (0.80, (3.76)

1.37 (0.56,3.35)

 Merchant

10

36

0.82 (0.35,1.93)

1.08 (0.41,2.90)

 House wife

18

38

1.40 (0.66, 2.95)

0.78 (0.32,1.89)

 Private employee

35

77

1.34 (0.71,2.53)

1.26 (0.60,2.62)

 Government employee

21

62

1

1

Comorbid disease with HIV

 TB

24

26

2.21 (1.21,4.01)

2.74 (1.37,5.47)*

 Others

16

29

1.32 (0.68,2.54)

1.38 (0.66,2.88)

 No disease

95

227

1

 

Perceived stigma

 Yes

105

137

3.70 (2.32,5.92)

4.00 (2.40,6.69)

 No

30

145

1

**

Good social support

 Yes

48

134

1

1

 No

87

148

1.64 (1.01,2.50)

1.25 (0.76,2.05)

  1. P-value for hosmer and lemeshew test = 0.540
  2. Others co morbid illness = diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, epilepsy and hypertension
  3. Significant association (* = p-value <0.05 and ** = p-value < 0.01)