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Table 4 Factors associated with depression by bivariable and multivariable logistic regression among prisoners in the prisons of Northwest Amhara regional state, Ethiopia, January to February, 2015 (n = 649)

From: More than eight in every nineteen inmates were living with depression at prisons of Northwest Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, a cross sectional study design

Explanatory variables

Depression

COR, 95% CI

AOR, 95% CI

P-value

Yes

No

Marital Statusa

 Married

88

140

0.82 (0.58, 1.16)

  

 Divorced

24

28

1.12 (0.62, 2.01)

 Separated

20

15

1.74 (0.86, 3.52)

 Widowed

19

9

2.75 (1.20, 6.26)

 Single

133

173

1

Type of sentenced prisoner a

 Life time

72

66

1

  

 Not life time

212

299

0.65 (0.45, 0.95)

Satisfaction of day to day life before imprisonment

 Yes

232

335

0.40 (0.25, 0.65)

0.44 (0.26, 0.73)

0.002

 No

52

30

1

Discriminateda

 Yes

145

138

1.72 (1.25, 2.35)

  

 No

139

227

1

Accepted crimea

 No

126

187

1

  

 Yes

113

154

1.09 (0.78, 1.52)

 Don’t know

45

24

2.78 (1.61, 4.80)

Previous psychiatric problema

 Yes

58

34

2.50 (1.58, 3.94)

  

 No

226

331

1

Family history of mental illnessa

 Yes

46

38

1.66 (1.05, 2.64)

  

 No

238

327

1

Impossibilities to run life as before

 Yes

124

89

2.40 (1.72, 3.33)

1.87 (1.30, 2.69)

0.001

 No

160

276

1

Thought committing suicidea

 Yes

81

29

4.62 (2.92, 7.31)

  

 No

203

336

1

  

Had plan to commit suicide

 Yes

81

27

4.99 (3.13, 7.98)

4.16 (2.56, 7.77)

0.000

 No

203

338

1

Attempted suicide since imprisoneda

 Yes

56

21

4.02 (2.37, 6.83)

  

 No

228

344

1

  

Social support

 Yes

133

223

0.56 (0.4, 0.77)

0.62 (0.44, 0.87)

0.006

 No

151

142

1

Place of the prison

 Gondar

94

125

0.62 (0.43, 0.89)

1.54 (1.04, 2.29)

0.034

 Debre Tabor

60

130

0.38 (0.26, 0.57)

2.27 (1.46, 3.51)

0.000

 Bahir Dar

130

110

1

  
  1. asignificant only by bivariable logistic regression
  2. Variables that have p-value less than 0.05 in multivariable logistic regression were considered as significant