Table 2.

Multivariate logistic regression of factors independently associated with depression among primary caregivers of patients with severe mental illness in south west, Ethiopia (n = 284)

Variables		P-value	AOR	95% C. I
				Lower	Upper
Sex	Male	0.19	0.47	0.15	1.45
	Female		Reference
Life time alcohol use	Yes	0.21	2.36	0.62	9.05
	No		Reference
Marital status	Single	0.04	2.62	1.07	6.41
	Married		Reference
	Divorced/widowed	0.85	1.13	0.33	3.90
Religion	Orthodox Christians	0.37	1.79	0.50	6.40
	Muslim		Reference
	Protestant	0.19	2.77	0.61	12.51
Ethnicity	Oromo		Reference
	Amhara	0.24	0.49	0.15	1.62
	Keffa	0.12	0.14	0.01	1.65
	Other	0.18	0.36	0.08	1.57
Occupation	Unemployed	0.18	0.28	0.04	1.83
	Labor worker	0.80	1.26	0.21	7.77
	Employee	0.94	1.07	0.19	6.02
	Farmer		Reference
	Merchant	0.92	1.09	0.22	5.38
	Housewife	0.90	0.91	0.21	3.90
	Other	0.33	2.55	0.39	16.61
Income	<650 Eth birr		Reference
	651-1000Eth birr	0.59	1.34	0.47	3.84
	1001–1897 Eth birr	0.90	1.08	0.31	3.83
	>1987Eth birr	0.07	0.28	0.07	1.08
Hours spent by caregiver per day to give care	Six hours and less		Reference
	More than six hours	0.004	3.75	1.51	9.33
Suicidal attempts	No attempt		Reference
	Only once	0.52	1.39	0.51	3.80
	Twice and more	0.04	1.48	1.07	3.42
Age of the patients	18–27		Reference
	28–37	0.10	0.46	0.18	1.16
	38–47	0.01	0.23	1.05	1.13
	48–57	0.24	2.49	0.54	11.43
Frequency of attending a place of worship	Daily		Reference
	2–3 time/week	0.23	1.74	0.71	4.27
	Never	0.57	1.50	0.37	6.06
Level of Education	Illiterate		Reference
	Read and write	0.08	0.38	0.13	1.11
	Primary	0.09	0.34	0.10	1.19
	Secondary	0.02	0.09	0.01	0.64
	Tertiary	0.36	0.28	0.02	4.20
Relationship to Patients	Spouse	0.64	1.31	0.42	4.13
	Child	0.63	1.36	0.39	4.82
	Parents		Reference
	Siblings/relative	0.08	0.24	0.05	1.17
Living together with patient	Yes	0.69	1.45	0.24	8.63
	No		Reference
Perceived social support		0.001	0.94	0.90	0.98
Perceived stigma		0.08	1.10	0.99	1.22