Table 2. Univariate and multivariable model (log-binomial) analyses of sociodemographic factors and severity of depression associated with suicidal ideation among individuals with major depressive disorder at a tertiary care hospital, Puducherry ( n = 166) .
| Variables | Total | Suicidal ideation n (%) |
Crude PR | Adjusted PR | p -Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbreviation: PR, prevalence ratio. | |||||
| Total | 166 | 140 (84.3) | |||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 40 | 32 (80.0) | 1 | ||
| Female | 126 | 108 (85.7) | 1.07 (0.90–1.27) | ||
| Age (y) | |||||
| 18–29 | 28 | 22 (78.6) | 1 | ||
| 30–44 | 78 | 69 (88.5) | 1.13 (0.91–1.39) | ||
| 45–59 | 51 | 41 (80.4) | 1.02 (0.81–1.30) | ||
| ≥60 | 9 | 8 (88.9) | 1.13 (0.84–1.53) | ||
| Marital status | |||||
| Married | 30 | 23 (76.7) | 1.15 (0.50–2.62) | ||
| Unmarried | 133 | 115 (86.5) | 1.30 (0.58–2.90) | ||
| Widow | 3 | 2 (66.7) | 1 | ||
| Education | |||||
| No formal education | 26 | 22 (84.6) | 1.14 (0.85–1.53) | 1.04 (0.85–1.30) | 0.675 |
| Primary | 43 | 36 (83.7) | 1.13 (0.86–1.49) | 1.01 (0.82–1.25) | 0.908 |
| High school | 61 | 53 (86.9) | 1.18 (0.90–1.53) | 1.20 (0.99–1.44) | 0.057 |
| Higher secondary | 13 | 12 (92.3) | 1.25 (0.96–1.67) | 1.09 (0.90–1.31) | 0.369 |
| Graduate and above | 23 | 17 (73.9) | 1 | 1 | |
| Employment status | |||||
| Employed | 47 | 40 (85.1) | 1.01 (0.88–1.17) | ||
| Currently unemployed | 119 | 100 (84.0) | 1 | ||
| Type of family | |||||
| Nuclear | 133 | 114 (85.7) | 1.09 (0.90–1.32) | ||
| Joint/extended | 33 | 26 (78.8) | 1 | ||
| History of psychiatric illness | |||||
| Yes | 156 | 135 (86.5) | 1.73 (0.92–3.23) | 1.49 (0.86–2.57) | 0.155 |
| No | 10 | 5 (50.0) | 1 | 1 | |
| Severity of depression | |||||
| Normal/mild | 42 | 25 (59.5) | 1 | 1 | |
| Moderate | 63 | 57 (90.5) | 1.52 (1.27–1.97) | 1.52 (1.20–1.92) | 0.001 |
| Severe | 30 | 28 (93.3) | 1.57 (1.20–2.05) | 1.54 (1.21–1.95) | <0.001 |
| Very severe | 31 | 30 (96.8) | 1.63 (1.26–2.10) | 1.64 (1.29–2.08) | <0.001 |