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Table 3 Association of psychological distress with sexual risk behaviours in 334 men and 312 women aged 18-30 years in the general population in Uganda

From: Poor mental health and sexual risk behaviours in Uganda: A cross-sectional population-based study

 

Lifetime partners

Current regular partners

Inconsistent condom use3

Psychological distress1

Proportion with 4 or

more lifetime

partners

(%)

Crude

OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted2

OR

(95% CI)

Proportion with more

than 1 current

partner

(%)

Crude

OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted2

OR

(95% CI)

Proportion with

inconsistent

condom use

(%)

Crude

OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted2

OR

(95% CI)

Men

         

1st (lowest)

16/77

(20.8)

1

1

10/78

(12.8)

1

1

44/63

(69.8)

1

1

2nd

32/85

(37.6)

2.30

(1.14-4.65)

2.78

(1.31-5.92)

10/85

(11.8)

0.91

(0.36-2.31)

0.98

(0.36-2.62)

47/71

(66.2)

0.85

(0.41-1.75)

0.61

(0.24-1.55)

3rd

38/82

(46.3)

3.29

(1.63-6.64)

4.49

(2.09-9.66)

16/80

(20.0)

1.70

(0.72-4.02)

2.05

(0.81-5.19)

48/72

(66.7)

0.86

(0.42-1.79)

0.79

(0.31-2.06)

4th (highest)

37/86

(43.0)

2.88

(1.43-5.78)

3.58

(1.66-7.69)

13/86

(15.1)

1.21

(0.50-2.94)

1.20

(0.46-3.13)

65/75

(86.7)

2.81

(1.19-6.61)

3.42

(1.07-10.92)

Women

         

1st (lowest)

2/61

(3.3)

1

1

1/61

(1.6)

1

1

27/40

(67.5)

1

1

2nd

18/87

(20.7)

7.70

(1.71-34.55)

8.47

(1.84-39.09)

1/87

(1.1)

0.70

(0.04-11.37)

0.62

(0.04-10.25)

54/70

(77.1)

1.63

(0.68-3.86)

2.13

(0.76-5.95)

3rd

16/81

(19.8)

7.26

(1.60-32.93)

8.13

(1.73-38.25)

4/80

(5.0)

3.16

(0.34-29.00)

4.59

(0.49-43.38)

52/65

(80.0)

1.93

(0.78-4.73)

2.62

(0.90-7.59)

4th (highest)

34/82

(41.5)

20.90

(4.78-91.44)

22.27

(4.89-101.35)

8/82

(9.8)

6.49

(0.79-53.32)

8.56

(1.00-73.19)

60/75

(80.0)

1.93

(0.81-4.60)

2.35

(0.82-6.76)

  1. 1 Numbers represent HSCL-25 quartiles.
  2. 2 Adjustment for age, education, marital status and place of residence.
  3. 3 Analyses pertain only to participants who had ever had sex.