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. 2021 Mar;33(1):54–58. doi: 10.4314/mmj.v33i1.8

Table 4.

Multivariable logistic regression analysis showing the predictors of depression, anxiety and stress, among the participants

Variable Depression Anxiety Stress

OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value
Age, years
18–27 1.00 1.00 1.00
28–37 0.6 (0.37–0.9) 0.016 1.0 (0.64–1.61) 0.946 1.5 (0.95–2.22) 0.081
38–45 3.1 (0.06–0.19) <0.001 2.2 (0.10–0.30) <0.001 0.9 (0.51–1.44) 0.559
Parity
0 1.00 1.00 1.00
1 0.5 (0.31–0.94) 0.028 0.7 (0.39–1.27) 0.245 1.5 (0.31–2.81) 0.501
2–4 1.9 (1.16–3.31) 0.011 1.8 (0.98–3.14) 0.055 0.4 (0.79–2.37) 0.051
≥5 0.7 (0.38–1.21) 0.185 4.1 (0.07–0.26) <0.001 5.9 (2.99–11.9) <0.001
Marital status
Single 1.00 1.00 1.00
Married 0.5 (0.17–1.23) 0.112 0.8 (0.34–1.91) 0.622 0.2 (0.08–0.52) <0.001
Divorced 0.2 (0.05–0.93) 0.04 0.5 (0.14–2.18) 0.393 0.5 (0.12–2.15) 0.355
Widowed 0.5 (0.11–1.85) 0.274 0.4 (0.12–1.49) 0.179 1.0 (0.24–4.37) 0.972
Area of residence
Rural 1.00 1.00 1.00
Urban 0.8 (0.53–1.13) 0.179 2.6 (0.39–0.87) 0.008 3.3 (0.18–0.39) <0.001
Educational
qualification
No formal
education
1.00 1.00 1.00
Primary 2.2 (0.89–5.19) 0.087 2.3 (0.95–5.41) 0.065 0.7 (0.29–1.94) 0.547
Secondary 0.9 (0.42–1.88) 0.758 1.6 (0.73–3.32) 0.248 0.2 (0.09–0.47) 0.421
Tertiary 1.3 (0.6–2.89) 0.484 3.8 (1.67–8.43) 0.001 0.1 (0.08–3.46) 0.301
Occupation
Housewife 1.00 1.00 1.00
Farmer 1.9 (1.01–3.52) 0.047 0.9 (0.43–1.73) 0.689 0.6 (0.34–1.11) 0.108
Trader 3.4 (0.24–0.71) 0.001 4.2 (0.12–0.39) <0.001 0.1 (0.07–4.21) 0.089
Artisan 5.1 (0.05–0.36) <0.001 0.3 (0.11–1.59) 0.061 1.4 (0.64–3.43) 0.355
Civil servant 0.5 (2.23–13.6) <0.001 1.7 (0.71–4.13) 0.229 1.5 (0.75–3.04) 0.246
Semester of gestation
1st trimester 1.00 1.00 1.00
2nd trimester 0.7 (0.42–1.17) 0.173 1.5 (0.83–2.69) 0.179 1.2 (0.85–5.54) 0.361
3rd trimester 1.1 (0.65–1.88) 0.710 0.2 (0.09–1.29) 0.074 1.9 (1.05–3.29) 0.034