Table 3.
Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression output for factors associated with depressive symptoms among HF patients at cardiac follow-up clinics in Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017 (n=403).
| Variables | Depression | COR [95%C.I.] | AOR [95%C.I.] | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | |||||
| Sex | Female | 108 | 61 | 2.46(1.58,3.53) | 2.70(1.44, 5.07) | 0.01 |
| Male | 98 | 136 | 1 | 1 | ||
| self-care behavior | Poor | 96 | 63 | 1.86(1.24, 2.81) | 1.60(1.01, 2.55) | 0.04 |
| Good | 110 | 134 | 1 | 1 | ||
| SS | Poor | 56 | 36 | 1.67(1.04, 2.68) | 1.90(1.16, 3.12) | 0.01 |
| Good | 150 | 161 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Knowledge | Poor | 159 | 132 | 1.67(1.07, 2.59) | 1.67(1.03, 2.69) | 0.03 |
| Good | 47 | 65 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Living Status | Alone | 32 | 21 | 1.54(0.86, 2.78) | 0.62(0.61, 2.56) | 0.18 |
| Not alone | 174 | 176 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Occupation | NGE | 190 | 173 | 1.65(0.85, 3.20) | 1.64(0.78, 3.44) | 0.19 |
| GE | 16 | 24 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Currently smoking | Yes | 16 | 4 | 4.06(1.33, 12.37) | 4.96(1.54,15.98) | 0.01 |
| No | 190 | 193 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Duration of CHF | >1 year | 125 | 96 | 1.62(1.09, 2.41) | 1.64(1.04, 2.59) | 0.03 |
| < 1 year | 81 | 101 | 1 | 1 | ||
Note: NGE: nongovernmental employment, GE: governmental employment, SS: social support, COR: crude odds ratio, AOR: adjusted odds ratio, CI: confidence interval 1. Living Status; not alone: living with family+ living with nonfamily. These were merged because those living with nonfamily were few in number.
2. Nongovernmental: merchant+ housewife+ farmer+ daily laborer. These were merged because all are private occupations.