Table 2.
Factors associated with psychological morbidity among patients with hypertension on follow up at JUTH during April 2014 to September 2015
| Variables | Psychological morbidity | p value | OR | 95% CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes N (%) |
No N (%) |
Lower | Upper | |||
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 50 (29.6) | 119 (70.4) | Reference | |||
| Female | 75 (33.0) | 152 (67.0) | 0.47 | 1.17 | 0.76 | 1.81 |
| Age | 0.47 | 1.17 | 0.76 | 1.81 | ||
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 15 (65.2) | 8 (34.8) | 0.001 | 4.78 | 1.95 | 11.67 |
| Married | 86 (28.2) | 219 (71.8) | Reference | |||
| Divorced/widowed | 24 (35.3) | 44 (64.7) | 0.25 | 1.39 | 0.80 | 2.42 |
| Educational status | ||||||
| Illiterate | 55 (36.7) | 95 (63.3) | Reference | |||
| Read and write | 19 (20.9) | 72 (79.1) | 0.01 | 0.46 | 0.25 | 0.84 |
| Primary school | 23 (34.3) | 44 (65.7) | 0.74 | 0.93 | 0.49 | 1.65 |
| Secondary/tertiary school | 28 (31.8) | 60 (68.2) | 0.45 | 0.81 | 0.46 | 1.41 |
| Occupation | ||||||
| Farmer | 29 (31.9) | 62 (68.1) | 0.88 | 1.05 | 0.57 | 1.92 |
| Teacher | 5 (26.3) | 14 (73.7) | 0.69 | 0.80 | 0.27 | 2.41 |
| Merchant | 21 (41.2) | 30 (58.8) | 0.20 | 1.57 | 0.79 | 3.14 |
| Housewife | 28 (30.1) | 65 (69.9) | 0.91 | 0.97 | 0.53 | 1.77 |
| Daily laborer | 33 (30.8) | 74 (69.2) | Reference | |||
| Others | 9 (25.7) | 26 (74.3) | 0.57 | 0.78 | 0.33 | 1.84 |
| Religion | ||||||
| Orthodox | 51 (33.8) | 100 (66.2) | Reference | |||
| Muslim | 58 (30.2) | 134 (69.8) | 0.48 | 0.85 | 0.54 | 1.34 |
| Protestant | 12 (29.3) | 29 (70.7) | 0.59 | 0.81 | 0.38 | 1.72 |
| Others | 4 (33.3) | 8 (66.7) | 0.98 | 0.98 | 0.28 | 3.41 |
| Place of residence | ||||||
| Rural | 41 (34.7) | 77 (65.3) | 0.38 | 1.23 | 0.78 | 1.94 |
| Urban | 84 (30.2) | 194 (69.8) | Reference | |||
| Hypertension is curable disease | ||||||
| Yes | 101 (31.9) | 216 (68.1) | Reference | |||
| No | 24 (30.4) | 55 (69.6) | 0.80 | 0.93 | 0.55 | 1.59 |
| Hypertension is deadly disease | ||||||
| Yes | 110 (31) | 245 (69.0) | 0.47 | 0.78 | 0.40 | 1.53 |
| No | 15 (36.6) | 26 (63.4) | Reference | |||
| Hypertension medication is habit forming | ||||||
| Yes | 78 (31.2) | 172 (68.8) | 0.84 | 1.05 | 0.68 | 1.62 |
| No | 47 (32.2) | 99 (67.8) | Reference | |||
| Ever discontinuation of medication | ||||||
| Yes | 28 (41.8) | 39 (58.2) | 0.05 | 1.72 | 1.00 | 2.95 |
| No | 97 (29.5) | 232 (70.5) | Reference | |||
| Regular exercise | ||||||
| Yes | 90 (31.8) | 193 (68.2) | Reference | |||
| No | 35 (31.0) | 78 (69.0) | 0.87 | 0.92 | 0.60 | 1.54 |
| Salt consumption | ||||||
| Yes | 79 (30.4) | 181 (69.6) | 0.87 | 1.04 | 0.65 | 1.66 |
| No | 46 (33.8) | 90 (66.2) | Reference | |||
| History of mental illness | ||||||
| Yes | 9 (45.0) | 11 (55.0) | 0.49 | 0.85 | 0.55 | 1.33 |
| No | 116 (30.9) | 260 (69.1) | Reference | |||
| Years lived with hypertension | ||||||
| <3 years | 34 (25.8) | 98 (74.2) | Reference | |||
| 3 to <5 years | 31 (35.6) | 56 (64.4) | 1.19 | 1.60 | 0.89 | 2.87 |
| 5 to <10 years | 39 (37.1) | 66 (62.9) | 0.06 | 1.70 | 0.98 | 2.63 |
| 10 years and more | 21 (29.2) | 51 (70.8) | 0.60 | 1.19 | 0.63 | 2.25 |