Table 3 Socio-demographic factors associated with depression among TB patients (AOR with 95% CI) in eastern Ethiopia from February to July 2017 (n = 403)

Age

≤24

0.45 (0.28–0.73)

0.5 (0.26–0.99)

25–34

0.64 (0.40–1.04)

0.58 (0.335–0.92)

≥35

1

1

Residence

Urban

1.68 (1.09–2.59)

0.82 (0.47–1.43)

0.11

Rural

1

1

Marital status

Married

1.52(0.77–2.99)

2 (0.93–4.4)

0.28

Single

0.88(0.44–1.77)

1.8 (0.77–3.49)

Separated / Widowed

1

1

Educational status

No formal education

1.61(0.98–2.67)

0.69 (0.36–1.34)

0.08

Primary education

1.01(0.64–1,59)

0.81 (0.47–1.39)

0.99

Secondary and above

1

1

Occupations

Gov’t Employee/ NGO

0.61(0.33–1.13)

1.0 (0.46-2.29)

0.15

Private/merchant

0.56(0.34–0.90)

0.72(0.39-1.31)

0.06

Student

0.25(0.13–0.46)

0.25 (0.11–0.57)

0.04*

Farmer/ Housewife/ Daily laborers

1

1

Family size

1–2

0.60(0.34–1.04)

0.66 (0.34–1.3)

0.12

3–5

0.81(0.51–1.30)

1.0 (0.6–1.8)

0.29

More than 5

1

1

Monthly Income

25th percentile

2.42(1.50–3.89)

3.98 (2.15–7.39)

50th percentile

1.40(0.87–2.28)

1.93 (1.08–3.44)

75th percentile

1

1

Level of TB treatment

New treatment TB

0.73(0.48–1.10)

0.442 (0.24–0.83)

Retreatment/MDR TB

1

1

HIV status

HIV positive

0.96(0.54–1.69)

0.99 (0.51–1.92)

0.92

HIV negative

1

1

TB treatment duration

<  3 months

1.60(0.88–2.91)

3.86 (1.6–9.3)

3–6 months

0.85(.49–1.45)

1.57 (0.72–3.4)

>  6 months

1

1