Table 3.

Bivariate and multivariable analysis of factors associated with depressive symptoms among tuberculosis patients attending tuberculosis unit of public health institutions, Gede’o zone, South Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 409)

VARIABLES	CATEGORIES	DEPRESSION		COR (95%CI)	AOR (95% CI)
		Yes	No
Marital status	Married	104	113	1	1
	Single	56	101	0.60 (0.39, 0.91)	0.81 (0.47, 1.41)
	Divorced/ separated	26	9	3.13 (1.40, 7.01)	0.85 (0.32, 2.23)
Age of participants	18–24 years	39	96	1	1
	25–34 years	62	60	2.54 (1.52,4.25)	1.65 (0.86, 3.17)
	35–44 years	48	37	3.19 (1.81, 5.64)	1.93 (0.89, 4.16)
	45 and above years	37	30	3.03 (1.65, 5.58)	2.41 (1.09, 5.32) *
Hazardous alcohol use	Yes	55	27	3.04 (1.82,5.08)	1.65 (0.91, 3.01)
	No	131	196	1	1
Comorbidity	TB/HIV coinfection	53	18	4.94 (2.76, 8.83)	3.96 (2.0, 7.84) ***
	Another comorbidity	15	7	3.59 (1.42,9.07)	2.92 (0.97, 8.77)
	No comorbidity	118	198	1	1
Duration of illness	< 6 months	23	55	1	1
	6–12 months	111	125	2.12 (1.22, 3.68)	1.72 (0.90, 3.31)
	> = 12 months	52	43	2.89 (1.53, 5.58)	0.92 (0.40, 2.14)
Perceived social support	Poor support	99	40	7.53 (4.14, 13.68)	4.21 (2.10, 8.47) ***
	Intermediate support	64	113	1.72 (0.98, 3.02)	1.22 (0.63, 2.36)
	Strong support	23	70	1	1
Treatment status	New case	139	208	1	1
	Re-treatment case	47	15	4.68 (2.52, 8.71)	2.47 (1.17, 5.22) *
Perceived TB stigma	Yes	78	81	1.26 (0.84, 1.88)	1.34 (0.81, 2.21)
	No	108	142	1	1
Phase of treatment	Intensive	98	152	1	1
	Continuation	88	71	1.92 (1.28, 2.87)	1.69 (0.98, 2.90)

Note; A *p-value less than 0.05; **p-value less than 0.01; ***p-value less than 0.001 1 = reference P value of Hosmer and Lemeshow Test = 0.56