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Table 3 Correlates of psychiatric distressa among college students selected by group SCAD analysis

From: Application of group smoothly clipped absolute deviation method in identifying correlates of psychiatric distress among college students

Variable

 

Unadjusted

  

Adjusted

 

OR

OR (95% CI)

P-value

OR

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Intercept

   

1.21

 

0.704

City

  Towns of other provinces (Reference category)

1.00

  

1.00

  

  Home town

0.84

(0.64, 1.11)

0.227

0.87

(0.62, 1.20)

0.406

  Surrounding town

1.20

(0.91, 1.57)

0.181

1.30

(0.95, 1.77)

0.102

College

  Rehabilitation (Reference category)

1.00

  

1.00

  

  Dentistry

1.16

(0.58, 2.31)

0.674

0.68

(0.24, 1.90)

0.470

  Public health

1.26

(0.67, 2.35)

0.461

0.72

(0.35, 1.46)

0.370

  Medicine

0.96

(0.52, 1.76)

0.899

0.58

(0.22, 1.56)

0.287

  Nursing/Midwifery

1.12

(0.59, 2.15)

0.715

0.85

(0.41, 1.77)

0.682

  Paramedical

1.29

(0.69, 2.39)

0.421

0.90

(0.44, 1.83)

0.781

  Pharmacology

2.09

(1.02, 4.27)

0.042

1.69

(0.56, 5.03)

0.345

The average grade of the previous semester

  ≥ 18 (Reference category)

1.00

  

1.00

  

  < 14

4.71

(2.43, 9.11)

< 0.001

2.57

(1.18, 5.58)

0.017

  14–15.99

1.48

(1.02, 2.16)

0.039

1.22

(0.79, 1.90)

0.361

  16–17.99

1.25

(0.88, 1.77)

0.205

1.27

(0.84, 1.90)

0.243

Educational level

  Ph.D. (Reference category)

1.00

  

1.00

  

  BSc

0.41

(0.22, 0.77)

0.006

0.32

(0.15, 0.65)

0.002

  MSc

1.32

(0.63, 2.75)

0.456

0.78

(0.34, 1.80)

0.574

  MD

0.44

(0.23, 0.83)

0.012

0.42

(0.16, 1.08)

0.074

Interest in the discipline

  No (Reference category)

1.00

  

1.00

  

  Yes

0.42

(0.31, 0.56)

< 0.001

0.79

(0.53, 1.19)

0.274

Optimistic about the future

  No (Reference category)

1.00

  

1.00

  

  Yes

0.44

(0.33, 0.58)

< 0.001

0.64

(0.44, 0.94)

0.025

Having a boy/girlfriend

  No (Reference category)

1.00

  

1.00

  

  Yes

2.26

(1.79, 2.85)

< 0.001

1.63

(1.24, 2.14)

< 0.001

Having an emotional breakup

  No (Reference category)

1.00

  

1.00

  

  Yes

2.73

(2.14, 3.47)

< 0.001

1.82

(1.37, 2.41)

< 0.001

Number of cigarettes per day

  Non-smoker (Reference category)

1.00

  

1.00

  

  1–9

3.07

(2.17, 4.33)

< 0.001

1.58

(1.04, 2.41)

0.031

   ≥ 10

3.42

(1.64, 7.14)

0.001

1.01

(0.39, 2.59)

0.974

Substance abuse previous month

  No (Reference category)

1.00

  

1.00

  

  Yes

6.96

(3.99, 12.14)

< 0.001

2.55

(1.32, 4.93)

0.005

Having suicidal thoughts ever

  No (Reference category)

1.00

  

1.00

  

  Yes

7.83

(5.43, 11.29)

< 0.001

5.75

(3.84, 8.61)

< 0.001

  1. aBased on GHQ-28 questionnaire