Table 2.
Multiple ordinal logistic regression on the association between Buddhist belief and current suicide risk in Chinese persons receiving methadone maintenance therapy for heroin dependence, controlling for demographic and clinical factors and depressive symptoms.
| Characteristics | OR(95%CI) | P |
|---|---|---|
| Buddhist belief (vs. non-religious) | 2.98 (1.66, 5.34) | <0.001 |
| Clinic | ||
| Hanyangweimin (vs. Diyi) | 0.82 (0.55, 1.19) | 0.485 |
| Gutian (vs. Diyi) | 1.28 (0.32, 2.23) | 0.698 |
| Gender: female (vs. male) | 1.64 (1.04, 2.60) | 0.034 |
| Age (years) | 1.02 (0.98, 1.06) | 0.318 |
| Education: primary school and illiterate (vs. junior high school and above) | 3.71 (1.94, 7.07) | <0.001 |
| Marital status: non-married (vs. married)* | 1.34 (0.87, 2.08) | 0.184 |
| Unemployment (vs. employment) | 2.28 (1.50, 3.45) | <0.001 |
| Main route of heroin administration: injecting (vs. smoking) | 4.47 (2.28, 8.79) | <0.001 |
| Duration of heroin use (years) | 1.07 (1.01, 1.12) | 0.014 |
| Duration of methadone maintenance therapy (months) | 0.99 (0.97, 1.01) | 0.415 |
| Dosage of methadone (mg/d) | 1.01 (0.99, 1.02) | 0.111 |
| Pain | 1.89 (1.20, 2.96) | 0.006 |
| Depressive symptoms | 3.59 (2.18, 5.86) | <0.001 |
*”Married” includes married and remarried; “non-married” includes never-married, separated, cohabitating, divorced, and widowed.
CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; MMT, methadone maintenance therapy.