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. 2019 Feb 3;2019:3250431. doi: 10.1155/2019/3250431

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.