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Table 3 Effect of socio-demographic, structural, social and psychosocial factors on depression (CESD-R) and suicidality among 201 MSM

From: Social and structural factors associated with depression and suicidality among men who have sex with men and transgender women in Nepal

Variables

n

Crude OR

Adjusted OR

 

(%)

(95% CI)

b(95% CI)

Depression

 Socio-demographic factors

  Sex worker

  No

43 (36)

ref

ref

  Yes

77 (64)

12.7 (5.9–27.1)

7.9 (3.4–18.2)

Suicidality

 Social factors

  Evicted by family based on sexual orientation

   No

12 (60)

ref

ref

   Yes

8 (40)

19.4 (5.8–65.1)

6.2 (1.3–28.8)

  1. CESD-R Center for Epidemiologic Studies Scale Revised; MSM Men who have sex with men; OR Odds ratio; n sub-sample size; CI Confidence interval; ref reference category. See Supplementary Table 1 for all factors used in the bivariate and multivariable logistic regression