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Table 3 Factors associated with help-seeking behavior from a health facility for postpartum depression symptoms at Sodo district, 2014 (n = 385)

From: Treatment gap and help-seeking for postpartum depression in a rural African setting

Characteristics

Help-seeking from health facility

Crude odds ratio (95 % confidence interval)

AOR(95 % CI)

 

Yes N (%)

No N (%)

  

Socio-demographic factors

    

 Age in years (mean = 28.8, SD = 5.23)

  

1.03 (0.97,1.09)

0.96 (0.88, 1.04)

Residence

    

 Rural

42 (11.6)

321 (88.4)

1

1

 Urban

7 (31.8)

15 (68.2)

3.56 (1.37, 9.25)

4.39 (1.23, 15.68)

Education

    

 No formal education

38 (12.3)

270 (87.7)

1

1

 Formal education

11 (14.3)

66 (85.7)

0.84 (0.41, 1.74)

0.97 (0.37, 2.52)

Experienced hunger

    

 Yes

19 (15.1)

107 (84.9)

1.35 (0.73, 2.51)

0.70 (0.30, 1.67)

 No

30 (11.6)

229 (88.4)

1

1

Relative wealth

    

 Lower

22 (12.9)

149 (87.1)

1

1

 Same or better

27 (19.3)

187 (80.7)

1.02 (0.56, 1.86)

0.56 (0.05, 5.36)

Social support

    

 Good

34 (28.8)

247 (71.2)

2.65 (1.38, 5.11)

2.44 (1.30, 4.56)

 Poor

15 (14.4)

89 (85.6)

1

1

Perceived cause

    

 Psychosocial

15 (6.5)

216 (93.5)

4.17 (2.02, 8.59)

4.24 (1.94, 9.26)

 Physical

20 (22.5)

69 (77.5)

8.64 (2.76, 27.00)

6.61 (1.76, 24.80)

 Supernatural

6 (37.5)

10 (62.5)

2.81 (1.19, 7.05)

2.85 (1.06, 7.67)

 I don’t know

8 (16.3)

41 (83.7)

1

1

Perceived severity

    

 Severe

30 (49.3)

123 (50.7)

2.73 (1.47, 5.06)

2.28 (1.41, 5.47)

 Not severe

19 (16)

213 (84)

1

1

Perceived need for treatment

    

 Yes

46 (17.1)

223 (82.9)

1.77 (2.36, 25.53)

1.46 (1.57, 18.99)

 No

3 (5.4)

113 (94.6)

1

1

 Want to solve problem self

26 (19.9)

231 (80.1)

0.24 (0.09, 0.65)

0.51 (0.30, 0.88)

 Professional care wouldn’t help

8 (12.4)

116 (87.6)

0.47 (0.25, 0.89)

0.55 (0.28, 1.09)

 Thinking no problem

9 (11.7)

142 (88.3)

0.38 (0.20, 0.72)

0.36 (0.18, 0.71)

 Concern about what friends think

17 (42.3)

78 (57.7)

2.90 (1.70, 4.94)

2.45 (1.21, 4.96)

PHQ score

  

1.13 (1.04, 1.23)

1.14 (1.04, 1.25)

 WHODAS Score

  

1.45 (1.03, 2.05)

1.06 (1.00, 1.15)