TABLE 3.
Factors associated with possible depression among TB-HIV coinfected patients (N = 118).
| Variable | Possible depression (n = 59) |
p | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | Mean | s.d. | Unadjusted OR | CI | Adjusted OR | CI | ||
| Sex | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.015 |
| Male (ref) | 28 | 47.50 | - | - | 1.0 | - | 1.0 | - | - |
| Female | 31 | 52.50 | - | - | 2.3 | 1.10–4.92 | 2.8 | 1.22–6.56 | - |
| Disease classification (n = 57) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.033 |
| PTB (ref) | 43 | 75.40 | - | - | 1.0 | - | 1.0 | - | - |
| EPTB | 14 | 24.60 | - | - | 3.4 | 1.13–10.15 | 3.5 | 1.11–11.51 | - |
| Treatment duration in months (n = 115) | 2.7 | 2.10 | 0.9 | 0.72–1.03 | 0.8 | 0.67–0.97 | 0.027 | ||
| Whether patient is using alcohol | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.763 |
| No/not recorded (ref) | 38 | 64.40 | - | - | 1.0 | - | 1.0 | 1 | - |
| Yes | 21 | 35.60 | - | - | 0.8 | 0.36–1.58 | 0.7 | 0.35–2.15 | - |
| Whether patient is using tobacco | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.677 |
| No/not recorded (ref) | 37 | 62.70 | - | - | 1.0 | - | 1.0 | 1 | - |
| Yes | 22 | 37.30 | - | - | 0.6 | 0.29–1.36 | 1.2 | 0.45–3.37 | - |
| Oslo support score | 10.4 | 2.40 | 0.9 | 0.80–1.05 | 0.9 | 0.80–1.10 | 0.191 | ||
| Whether patient is receiving ART | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.023 |
| No/not recorded (ref) | 13 | 22.00 | - | - | 1.0 | - | 1.0 | - | - |
| On ART | 46 | 78.00 | - | - | 2.0 | 0.87–4.41 | 2.5 | 1.13–5.46 | - |
ART, antiretroviral therapy; CI, confidence interval; EPTB, extrapulmonary tuberculosis; HIV, human immunodeficiency syndrome; OR, odds ratio; PTB, pulmonary tuberculosis; s.d., standard deviation.