TABLE 2.
Factors associated with possible depression among all TB patients (N = 208).
| Variable | Possible depression (n = 96) |
p | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | Mean | s.d. | Unadjusted OR | CI | Adjusted OR | CI | ||
| Sex | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.002 |
| Male (ref) | 50 | 52.10 | - | - | 1.0 | - | 1.0 | - | - |
| Female | 46 | 47.90 | - | - | 3.2 | 1.76–5.83 | 3.0 | 1.25–7.32 | - |
| Disease classification (n = 91) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.044 |
| PTB (ref) | 75 | 82.40 | - | - | 1.0 | - | 1.0 | - | - |
| EPTB | 16 | 17.60 | - | - | 2.4 | 0.98–5.60 | 2.7 | 1.03–7.21 | - |
| Treatment duration in months | 2.1 | 1.90 | 0.8 | 0.73–0.97 | 0.8 | 0.70–0.95 | 0.008 | ||
| Whether patient is using alcohol | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.763 |
| No/not recorded (ref) | 73 | 76.00 | - | - | 1.0 | - | 1.0 | - | - |
| Yes | 23 | 24.00 | - | - | 0.8 | 0.43–1.33 | 0.7 | 0.32–1.36 | - |
| Whether patient is using tobacco | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.244 |
| No/not recorded (ref) | 66 | 68.70 | - | - | 1.0 | - | 1.0 | 0.73–3.44 | - |
| Yes | 30 | 31.30 | - | - | 0.9 | 0.48–1.52 | 1.6 | - | - |
| Oslo support score | 10.0 | 2.46 | 0.9 | 0.80–1.02 | 0.9 | 0.80–1.05 | 0.232 | ||
| HIV status | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.376 |
| Negative/not recorded (ref) | 13 | 22.00 | - | - | 1.0 | - | 1.0 | - | - |
| HIV-positive | 46 | 78.00 | - | - | 1.4 | 0.82–2.49 | 1.3 | 0.71–2.51 | - |
CI, confidence interval; EPTB, extrapulmonary tuberculosis; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; OR, odds ratio; PTB, pulmonary tuberculosis; ref, reference group; s.d., standard deviation; TB, tuberculosis.