Table 3 Factors associated with depression in the bivariable and multivariable analysis among prisoners in East Gojjam Zone prisons, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019 (N = 462)
Variables | Depression | COR (95% CI) | AOR (CI 95%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | |||
Residency | ||||
Rural | 166 | 143 | 1.49 (1.01,2.2) | 1.2 (0.74 ,1.8) |
Urban | 67 | 86 | 1 | 1 |
Work in prison | ||||
Yes | 133 | 153 | 0.66 (0.45, 96) | 0.6 (0.37, 0 .96)** |
No | 100 | 76 | 1 | 1 |
History of mental illness | ||||
Yes | 31 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
No | 202 | 218 | 0.328 (0.16, 67) | 0.37 (0.16,0 .85)* |
Chronic illness | ||||
Yes | 86 | 47 | 1 | 1 |
No | 147 | 182 | 0.44 (0.29, 669) | 0.64 (0.3, 1.3) |
Sentenced year | ||||
< 1 | 28 | 47 | 1 | 1 |
1–5 | 59 | 66 | 1.5 (0.84, 2.7) | 1.72 (0.9, 3.2) |
> 5 | 118 | 91 | 2.2 (1.3, 3.7) | 2.2 (1.2, 4)* |
Income in birr | ||||
< 5000 | 170 | 145 | 1 | 1 |
500–1000 | 37 | 46 | 0.69 (0.42, 1.12) | 0.69 (0.38, 1.2) |
1001–1500 | 17 | 14 | 1.04 (0.49, 2.17) | 0.57 (0.38, 1.2) |
> 1500 | 9 | 24 | 0.32 (0.144,0 71) | 0.16 (0.05, 0 0.5)* |
Thinking about life | ||||
Yes | 144 | 88 | 1 | 1 |
No | 89 | 141 | 0.38 (.265–0.56) | (0.27, 0.64)* |