Table 3 Factors associated with depression among primary caregivers of children and adolescents with mental illness attending child and adolescent psychiatric clinics in SPHMMC and Y12HMC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 408)

Sex

Male

1.00

1.00

Female

2.51 (1.63, 3.84)*

2.40 (1.18, 4.89)*

Marital status

Married

1.00

1.00

Single

0.79 (0.36,1.73)

0.75 (0.22, 2.53)

Divorced

2.12 (1.3, 3.46)*

0.99 (0.48, 2.10)

Widow/er

1.75 (0.86, 3.59)

0.67 (0.22, 2.04)

Occupational status

Go’tal employee

1.00

1.00

NGO employee

1.02 (0.64, 1.65)

0.6 (0.28, 1.27)

Merchant

1.26 (0.64, 2.46)

0.93 (0.31, 2.76)

Farmer

2.75 (0.72, 10.43)*

1.06 (0.17, 6.71)

House wife

1.22 (0.66, 2.25)

0.56 (0.20, 1.58)

Others

2.2 (0.56, 8.65)

1.09 (0.17, 7.02)

Educational status

No education

4.05 (2.10, 7.82)*

2.46 (0.82, 7.41)

Primary

3.24 (1.91, 5.49)*

1.83 (0.72, 4.62)

Secondary

1.06 (0.62, 1.82)

0.47 (0.20, 1.09)

>College

1.00

1.00

Relationship with patient

Father

1.00

1.00

Mother

2.80 (1.84, 4.26)*

3.91 (1.90, 8.04)*

Others

0.88 (0.3, 2.58)

1.51 (0.28, 8.14)

Duration of care

<  1 year

1.00

1.00

1–5 years

1.39 (0.75, 2.57)

2.45 (0.98, 6.11)

> 5 years

2.31 (1.41, 3.79)*

4.19 (2.02, 8.70)*

Other caregiver

Absent

3.75 (2.47, 5.70)*

2.74 (1.41, 5.34)*

Present

1.00

1.00

Medical illness

No

1.00

1.00

Yes

0.68 (0.42, 1.12)*

0.63 (0.31, 1.28)

Type of diagnosis

ID

1.00

1.00

ASD

3.66 (2.12, 6.36)*

4.66 (2.06, 10.54)*

ADHD

2.86 (1.55, 5.28)*

5.32 (2.14, 13.23)*

Others

1.92(0.65, 5.71)

3.00(0.59,15.44)

Perceived social support

Poor

6.96 (3.55, 13.67)*

5.54 (2.04, 15.02)*

Moderate

0.85 (0.420, 1.737)

0.58 (0.22, 1.50)

Strong

1.00

1.00