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. 2014 Jan 13;14:8. doi: 10.1186/1472-6874-14-8

Table 3.

Multivariable analysis for predictors of CES-D/DASS-21 depression

 
Measure of depression
 
CES-D
DASS-21
Participant characteristic OR (95% CI) AOR a (95% CI) OR (95% CI) AOR a (95% CI)
Employment
 
 
 
 
  Yes
--
--
1
1
  No
 
 
2.1 (1.0, 4.4)
4.8 (1.4, 15.5)
Self-reported overall health
 
 
 
 
  Excellent/Very good/Good
--
--
1
1
  Fair/Poor
 
 
5.6 (2.0, 16.0)
5.6 (1.1, 29.4)
Strong social support group
 
 
 
 
  Yes
1
1
1
1
  No
4.5 (1.7, 12.1)
4.3 (1.4, 13.7)
7.1 (2.5, 19.8)
5.8 (1.3, 25.7)
Previous mental health clinical diagnosis or treatment
 
 
 
 
  Yes
3.8 (1.8, 8.0)
4.8 (1.9, 12.4)
4.9 (2.3, 10.3)
5.8 (1.9, 17.7)
  No 1 1 1 1

Note.aAdjusted models were derived from backward and stepwise elimination techniques performed in SAS version 9.3 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC). Covariates entered into the elimination algorithm are indicated in Table  2.