Table 3.
Association of General Health, Reproductive Health and Behavioural Factors with Common Mental Disorders.
| Characteristics | Common mental disorders | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | P Value | ||
| Present | Absent | ||||
| Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | ||||
| Chronic illness (n = 980) | Yes | 37 (66.07) | 374 (40.48) | 2.86 (1.62–5.06) | <0.001* |
| No | 19 (33.93) | 550 (59.52) | 1 | ||
| Recent bereavement (n = 980) | Yes | 13 (23.21) | 107 (11.58) | 2.31 (1.20–4.43) | 0.012* |
| No | 43 (76.79) | 817 (88.42) | 1 | ||
| Menstruation (n = 470) | Regular | 10 (55.56) | 396 (87.61) | 1 | |
| Irregular | 8 (44.44) | 56 (12.39) | 5.66 (2.14–14.94) | <0.001* | |
| Age at marriage in years (n = 916) | <18 | 11 (20.75) | 62 (7.18) | 3.49 (1.70–7.17) | 0.001* |
| 18–30 | 38 (71.70) | 748 (86.68) | 1 | ||
| >30 | 4 (7.55) | 53 (6.14) | 1.49 (0.51–4.32) | 0.467 | |
| Age at first pregnancy in years (n = 868) | <18 | 7 (14.58) | 23 (2.80) | 5.74 (2.32–14.20) | <0.001* |
| 18–30 | 38 (79.17) | 716 (87.32) | 1 | ||
| Above 30 | 3 (6.25) | 81 (9.88) | 0.69 (0.21–2.31) | 0.556 | |
| Number of children (n = 868) | 0 | 1 (2.08) | 18 (2.20) | 1.09 (0.14–8.44) | 0.930 |
| 1–3 | 35 (72.92) | 690 (84.15) | 1 | ||
| Above 3 | 12 (25.00) | 112 (13.65) | 2.11 (1.06–4.19) | 0.032* | |
| History of abortion (n = 868) | Yes | 17 (35.42) | 108 (13.17) | 3.62 (1.94–6.76) | <0.001* |
| No | 31 (64.58) | 712 (86.83) | 1 | ||
| Attained menopause (n = 980) | Yes | 38 (67.86) | 472 (51.08) | 2.02 (1.14–3.59) | 0.017* |
| No | 18 (32.14) | 452 (48.92) | 1 | ||
| Peri-menopausal symptoms (n = 250) | Yes | 10 (90.91) | 108 (45.19) | 12.13 (1.53–96.26) | 0.018* |
| No | 1 (9.09) | 131 (54.81) | 1 | ||
| Substance use by participants (n = 980) | Yes | 8 (14.29) | 72 (7.79) | 1.97 (0.89–4.33) | 0.090 |
| No | 48 (85.71) | 852 (92.21) | 1 | ||
| Exposed to domestic violence (n =4 8) | Yes | 11 (19.64) | 37 (4.00) | 5.86 (2.81–12.24) | <0.001* |
| No | 45 (80.36) | 887 (96.00) | 1 | ||
| Psychosocial relationship with family members (n = 980) | Good | 52 (92.86) | 919 (99.46) | 1 | |
| Bad | 4 (7.14) | 5 (0.54) | 14.14 (3.69–54.22) | <0.001* | |
| Autonomy in decision making (n = 980) | Yes | 49 (87.50) | 887 (96.00) | 1 | |
| No | 7 (12.50) | 37 (4.00) | 3.43 (1.45–8.07) | 0.005* | |
| Stress level (n = 980) | Mild | 2 (3.57) | 407 (44.05) | 1 | |
| Moderate | 23 (41.07) | 424 (45.89) | 11.04 (2.59–47.12) | 0.001* | |
| Severe | 31 (55.36) | 93 (10.06) | 67.83 (15.95–288.47) | <0.001* | |
*Bold fonts indicate that the values are statistically significant.