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Table 4 Factors associated with the dual harm

From: Dual harm among patients attending a mental health unit in Uganda: a hospital based retrospective study

 

Dual harm

Bivariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

Absent

Present

n=29

X2 (p value)

OR

95% CI

p−value

AOR

95% CI

p−value

Age

33.82

(14.02)

29.59

(13.48)

(t value missing) 0.105

00.97

(00.94–01.01)

0.107

00.95

(00.88–01.03)

0.224

Sex

         

 Female

1,355

44.21%

7

24.14%

4.70 (0.370)

01.00

  

01.00

  

 Male

1,710

55.79%

22

75.86%

 

02.49

(01.06–05.85)

0.036

01.49

(00.45–04.94)

0.514

Marital status

         

 Divorced/Separated/widowed

329

13.23%

1

3.70%

3.44 (0.199)

01.00

  

01.00

  

 Single

1,013

40.75%

15

55.56%

 

04.87

(00.64–37.02)

0.126

01.18

(00.28–04.99)

0.824

 Married/cohabiting

1,144

46.02%

11

40.74%

 

03.16

(00.41–24.59)

0.271

01.00

Omitted

 

Level of education

         

 None

637

30.74%

3

14.29%

2.66 (0.375)

01.00

  

01.00

  

 Primary

624

30.12%

8

38.10%

 

02.72

(00.72–10.31)

0.140

02.15

(00.41–11.40)

0.367

 Secondary

491

23.70%

6

28.57%

 

02.59

(00.65–10.43)

0.179

02.23

(00.38–12.98)

0.373

 Tertiary

320

15.44%

4

19.05%

 

02.65

(00.59–11.93)

0.203

02.24

(00.34–14.92)

0.404

Occupation

         

 Unemployed

403

16.66%

7

30.43%

3.12 (0.411)

01.00

  

01.00

  

 Pupil/Student

354

14.63%

3

13.04%

 

00.49

(00.13–01.90)

0.301

00.27

(00.05–01.29)

0.101

 Farmer

793

32.78%

6

26.09%

 

00.44

(00.15–01.30)

0.138

00.15

(00.02–01.31)

0.085

 Other employment

869

35.92%

7

30.43%

 

00.46

(00.16–01.33)

0.153

00.55

(00.15–02.04)

0.373

Diagnosis

         

 Substance use disorder

283

12.47%

5

20.83%

3.06 (0.505)

01.00

  

01.00

  

 Schizophrenia

757

33.35%

8

33.33%

 

00.60

(00.19–01.84)

0.371

00.50

(00.12–02.14)

0.352

 Depression

175

7.71%

3

12.50%

 

00.97

(00.23–04.11)

0.967

00.67

(00.06–07.34)

0.746

 Secondary

198

8.72%

1

4.17%

 

00.29

(00.03–02.47)

0.255

00.67

(00.06–07.37)

0.745

 Bipolar

857

37.75%

7

29.17%

 

00.46

(00.15–01.47)

0.191

00.42

(00.09–01.85)

0.250

Weeks in ward

         

 one Week

1,786

62.14%

14

50.00%

1.74 (0.244)

01.00

  

01.00

  

 Over one week

1,088

37.86%

14

50.00%

 

01.64

(00.78–03.46)

0.192

01.91

(00.69–05.30)

0.215

History of stressors

         

 No

568

18.73%

5

17.24%

0.04 (1.00)

01.00

  

01.00

  

 Yes

2,464

81.27%

24

82.76%

 

01.11

(00.42–02.91)

0.838

01.70

(00.59–04.93)

0.328