Table 3.

Determinant factors of depression among adult HIV/AIDS patients on ART in Aksum town, Aksum, Ethiopia, 2015.

Explanatory variable	Categories	Depression				COR(95%CI)	AOR(95%CI)
		Yes		No
		Number	%	Number	%
Residence	Urban	322	87.7	45	12.3	Ref	Ref
	Rural	29	65.9	15	34.1	3.7(1.843,7.431)	2.1(0.677, 6.457)
Daily eating pattern	Three meals or more	220	92.1	19	7.9	Ref	Ref
	Two meals or less	131	76.2	41	23.8	3.6(2.018,6.507)	2.8(1.382, 5.794)∗
Food diversity	Low	109	77.3	32	22.7	3.263(0.92,11.63)	1.1(0.235, 5.020)
	Medium	218	89.7	25	10.3	0.83(0.234,2.940)	0.6(0.138, 2.341)
	High	24	88.9	3	11.1	Ref	Ref
Treatment other than	Yes	57	70.4	24	29.6	0.29(0.161,0.524)	1.3(0.522, 3.074)
ART	No	294	89.1	36	10.9	Ref	Ref
Duration on ART in	6-12	38	84.4	7	15.6	1.2(0.500,2.845)	1.30(.440, 4.037)
month	13-24	41	78.8	11	21.2	1.74(0.828,3.644)	0.8(0.290, 2.498)
	>=25	272	86.6	42	13.4	Ref	Ref
ART Adherence status	Adherent	255	93.1	19	6.9	Ref	Ref
	Non-adherent	96	70.1	41	29.9	5.73(3.170,10.365)	3.3(1.436, 7.759)∗
Side effect of ART	Yes	8	27.6	21	72.4	23.1(9.585,55.609)	4.7(1.317,16.514)∗
medication	No	343	89.9	39	10.2	Ref	Ref
Opportunistic infection	Yes	15	45.5	18	54.5	9.6(4.505,20.457)	2.1(0.559, 8.130)
	No	336	88.9	42	11.1	Ref	Ref
WHO HIV/AIDS	I	47	14.4	280	85.6	Ref	Ref
clinical stage	II or above	13	15.5	71	84.5	1.1(0.560,2.126)	2.8 (0.142, .786)∗
CD4 count	<=200	34	81.0	8	19.0	1.8(0.748,4.348)	1.2(0.390, 3.408)
	201-500	133	82.6	28	17.4	1.6(0.896,2.909)	0.5(0.288, 1.480)
	>=501	184	88.5	24	11.5	Ref	Ref
Functional status	Working	350	87.3	51	12.7	Ref	Ref
	Ambulatory	1	10.0	9	90.0	61.8(7.664,497.749)	0.1(0.004, 1.295)
Substance use	Yes	15	57.7	11	42.3	5.03(2.184,11.576)	0.2(0.702, 6.000)
	No	336	87.3	49	12.7	Ref	Ref
Stigma	Yes	18	66.7	9	33.3	3.26(1.392,7.659)	1.3(0.318, 5.343)
	No	333	86.7	51	13.3	Ref	Ref
Living condition	Lives alone	93	80.2	23	19.8	1.9(1.064,3.521)	2.4(1.097,5.429)∗
	Lives with parents	31	79.5	8	20.5	2.0(0.848,4.812)	1.0(0.361, 2.946)
	Lives with family	227	88.7	29	11.3	Ref	Ref

∗P value less than 0.05.