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. 2022 Dec 7;6:217. Originally published 2021 Sep 2. [Version 3] doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17005.3

Table 5. Associations between psychiatric disorders and socio demographic characteristics ( *Adjusted OR; 95%CI).

Major depressive
disorder Adjusted
OR; 95%CI *
Attention deficit
hyperactive
disorder
Adjusted OR;
95%CI *
Generalized
anxiety disorder
Adjusted OR;
95%CI *
Substance
abuse disorder
At least one
psychiatric
disorder
(MDD,ADHD,GAD)
Adjusted OR;
95%CIv
Age
(categorised)
Child
Adolescent
1
0.74(0.12;4.39)
P=0.740
- - - 1
0.37(0.08;1.79)
P=0.218
Sex Male
Female
1
2.10(0.64;6.83)
P=0.215
1
0.62(0.14;2.72)
P=0.533
1
1.42(0.30;6.58)
P=0.655
1
1.01(0.29; 3.49)
P=0.984
1
1.18(0.52;2.71)
P=0.687
Type of school
funding
Government
Private
1
0.34(0.11;1.02)
P=0.049
1
0.73(0.17;3.08)
P=0.673
1
4.99(0.58;42.71)
P=0.142
1
1.61(0.50; 5.20)
P=0.422
1
0.71(0.32;1.59)
P=0.411
Economic
status of
school
Low
High
1
0.37(0.12;1.13)
P=0.083
1
0.36(0.08;1.56)
P=0.172
1
4.13(0.48;35.33)
P=0.195
1
0.63(0.19; 2.27)
P=0.511
1
0.59(0.26;1.34)
P=0.210
Grade P1 – P4
P5 – P7
S1 – S4
S5 – S6
1
1.57(0.33;7.38)
1.49(0.19;11.84)
12.60(0.96;164.8)
P=0.1443
1
0.49(0.06;4.14)
-
-
P=0.512
1
1.40(0.26;7.59)
-
-
P=0.655
1
1
0.66(0.07; 6.17)
1
P=0.719
1
1.06(0.35;3.25)
1.05(0.17;6.35)
9.34(0.88;98.55)
P=0.145
Mother’s
highest
education
level attained
None
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
1
1.38(0.31;6.05)
1.62(0.39;6.72)
-
P=0.799
1
0.37(0.06;2.40)
1.12(0.21;6.07)
-
P=0.458
1
0.53(0.07;4.02)
1.60(0.25;10.39)
-
P=0.495
1
2.42(0.26; 22.76)
2.74(0.31; 23.69)
1
P=0.401
1
0.67(0.24;1.89)
1.01(0.37;2.78)
-
P=0.655
Father’s
highest
education
level attained
None
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
1
0.46(0.04;4.72)
0.34(0.03;3.50)
0.21(0.02;2.50)
P=0.582
1
0.39(0.03;4.53)
0.30(0.02;3.92)
0.29(0.02;3.82)
P=0.794
1
0.80(0.11;6.05)
1.45(0.23;9.20)
-
P=0.810
1
1.28(0.30; 5.47)
0.56(0.14; 2.29)
1
P=0.541
1
1.14(0.12;10.35)
0.89(0.10;8.23)
0.80(0.08;7.53)
P=0.919
Asthma Non-asthmatic
Asthmatic
1
2.71 (1.02; 7.20)
P= 0.046
1
1.24(0.25;6.11)
P=0.795
1
0.71(0.08; 6.03)
P=0.755
1
-
1
2.01(1.05;3.11)
P<0.001

OR=odds ratio, CI=confidence interval. P=primary. *Adjusted for other sociodemographic variables.