Table 3.

Multivariate logistic regression for factors associated with suicide behaviours among university students in south-western Uganda

Variable	Suicidal ideation		Suicide plans		Suicide attempt
	cOR (CI)	p-value	cOR (CI)	p-value	cOR (CI)	p-value
Age	0.94 (0.86 – 1.03)	0.210
Sponsor for paying university tuition fees
Government			1
Loan scheme			1.65 (0.43 – 6.31)	0.461
NGO			3.95 (0.74 – 21.19)	0.109
Private			2.04 (0.65 – 6.46)	0.224
Others			3.33 (0.72 – 15.45)	0.124
College/Faculty
Agriculture and Environment Sciences	1
Business and Management Sciences	2.20 (0.33 – 14.57)	0.413
Computing and Information Science	7.53 (0.71 – 79.48)	0.093
Education and External Studies	1.48 (0.24 – 9.17)	0.671
Engineering, Designing, Art, and Technology	1.33 (0.21 – 8.51)	0.766
Health Sciences/Medicine	0.82 (0.15 – 4.57)	0.817
Humanities and Social Sciences	1.00 (0.09 – 11.24)	0.997
Law	1.05 (0.12 – 9.06)	0.963
Others	0.81 (0.14 – 4.81)	0.821
Year of study
First	1				1
Second	0.97 (0.53- 1.81)	0.934			0.61 (0.23 – 1.61)	0.314
Third	0.88 (0.46 – 1.69)	0.708			0.41 (0.13 – 1.29)	0.127
Fourth	0.56 (0.26 – 1.21)	0.141			0.80 (0.25 – 2.57)	0.713
Fifth	0.21 (0.05 – 0.80)	0.023			Omitted
Sixth	0.32 (0.03 – 3.10)	0.327			Omitted
Smoking cigarette/marijuana
No			1
Yes			2.78 (0.52 – 14.99)	0.235
Having relationship issues
No	1
Yes	1.24 (0.83 – 1.87)	0.298
Had trouble paying university tuition fees
No	1		1		1
Yes	2.04 (1.34 – 3.12)	0.001	1.75 (0.87 – 3.54)	0.116	2.51 (1.13 – 5.55)	0.023
Satisfied with academic grades
No	1		1
Yes	0.47 (0.31 – 0.72)	0.001	0.46 (0.23 – 0.93)	0.030
Been sexually abused
No	1		1		1
Yes	1.61 (0.82 – 3.16)	0.163	2.13 (0.90 – 5.04)	0.085	3.02 (1.21 – 7.51)	0.017
Been treated for any mental health condition
No	1		1		1
Yes	1.71 (0.74 – 3.97)	0.212	1.71 (0.60 – 4.87)	0.312	1.08 (0.32 – 3.63)	0.903
Having a chronic physical medical condition
No	1		1		1
Yes	2.30 (1.01 – 5.25)	0.047	3.08 (1.14 – 8.28)	0.026	3.93 (1.48 – 10.46)	0.006