Table 3.

Simple and multiple logistic regression analysis of depressive disorder among elderly people in Womberma District, North West, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 941)

Variables	Categories	Depression		COR(95%CI)	AOR(95%CI)	P-value
		Yes	Yes
Sex	Female	257	221	2.06 (1.58–2.67)	1.60 (1.15–2.23)	0.005*
	Male	167	296	1	1
Age	> = 75 years	142	69	7.88 (5.19–11.96)	7.95 (4.98–12.68)	< 0.001**
	70–74 years	138	87	6.07 (4.05–9.10)	5.52 (3.52–8.66)	< 0.001**
	65–69 years	91	158	2.20 (1.48–3.28)	2.39 (1.54–3.70)	< 0.001**
	60–64 years	53	203	1	1
Occupational status	Retired	41	33	1.67 (1.03–2.70)	0.70 (0.38–1.28)	0.247
	Merchant	6	13	0.62 (0.23–1.65)	0.41 (0.13–1.30)	0.131
	Others(/gov/t, NGO/daily labor/	82	74	1.49 (1.05–2.11)	0.62 (0.37–1.02)	0.064
	Farmer	295	397	1	1
Marital status	Single	4	8	1.06 (0.31–3.59)	0.82 (0.16–4.19)	0.820
	Divorced	112	69	3.46 (2.43–4.91)	2.53 (1.59–4.03)	< 0.001**
	Widowed	141	84	3.57 (2.58–4.96)	2.65 (1.61–4.34)	< 0.001**
	Married	167	356	1	1
Family size	Five and above	99	130	0.50 (0.29–0.84)	2.11 (0.47–9.38)	0.322
	Four	96	131	0.48 (0.28–0.81)	1.57 (0.35–6.91)	0.551
	Three	83	129	0.42 (0.25–0.72)	1.20 (0.27–5.38)	0.806
	Two	99	96	0.68 (0.39–1.15)	1.68 (0.37–7.52)	0.493
	One	47	31	1	1
Living arrangement	Children	173	155	1.89 (1.42–2.50)	0.85 (0.56–1.30)	0.469
	Alone	58	35	2.80 (1.78–4.42)	1.30 (0.32–5.29)	0.712
	Spouse	193	327	1	1
Known chronic disease	Yes	126	77	2.41 (1.75–3.32)	1.91 (1.30–2.81)	0.001*
	No	298	440	1	1
Physical disability	Yes	14	9	1.92 (0.82–4.49)	1.86 (0.62–5.53)	0.263
	No	410	508	1	1
Sleep medication	Yes	4	11	0.43 (0.13–1.38)	0.28 (0.06–1.17)	0.083
	No	420	506	1	1
A good relationship with neighbors	No	56	47	1.52 (1.00–2.29)	1.17 (0.70–1.95)	0.540
	Yes	368	470	1	1
Feeling of loneliness	Yes	72	62	1.50 (1.04–2.16)	1.00 (0.62–1.61)	0.972
	No	352	455	1	1
Perceived social support	poor	276	196	4.15 (2.42–7.12)	3.32 (1.77–6.23)	< 0.001**
	Moderate	128	262	1.44 (0.83–2.49)	1.24 (0.66–2.34)	0.498
	Strong	20	59	1	1
Ever used tobacco	Yes	6	13	0.55 (0.21–1.47)	0.39 (0.12–1.27)	0.120
	No	418	504	1	1

* P value < 0.05, ** p value < 0.001, Hosmer and Lemeshow goodness of fit test (p-value = 0.394)