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Table 5 Determinants of mental well-being (WHO-5)

From: Mental health in the slums of Dhaka - a geoepidemiological study

Level

 

Mental health- determining factor (HDF)

Multivariable generalized linear regression

   

Coefficient

95%CI LL/UL

Neighbourhood Physical environment

Natural environment

-0.06***

-0.08/-0.03

 

Flood non-affectedness

0.06***

0.04/0.09

Household

Physical environment

Housing quality

0.03*

0.01/0.06

  

Basic services

---

---

  

Sanitation

0.08***

0.06/0.11

  

Housing sufficiency

0.07***

0.04/0.09

  

Housing durability

0.07***

0.05/0.09

 

Economic Environment

Household wealth

---

---

  

Job satisfaction

0.09***

0.06/0.11

  

Income generation

0.08***

0.06/0.11

 

Social Environment

Population density

-0.05***

-0.07/-0.02

Individual

 

Smoking behaviour

---

---

  

Environmental health

0.11***

0.08/0.13

  

knowledge

  
  

Personal health

-0.03*

-0.05/-0.004

  

knowledge

  
  

Community member

0.07.

-0.02/0.15

  

Using bed net

---

---

  

Education

---

---

  

Married

---

---

  

Migrant

0.06.

-0.02/0.15

  

Age

-0.01***

-0.01/-0.004

  

Gender:

  
  

   Female

Reference

 
  

   Male

0.11***

0.06/0.16

  

Having had a disease:

  
  

   No

Reference

 
  

   Yes

-0.22***

-0.28/-0.16

Significance codes: < 0.001 '***',< 0.01 „**',< 0.05 '*',> 0.05 '.', not in model '---' CI: Confidence interval with, LL=Lower limit and, UL=Upper limit

  1. A multivariable generalised linear regression model was used assuming a negative-binomial distribution of the target variable mental well-being (WHO-5 score). The explaining variables (HDF) are displayed in the table. A forward/backward model selection approach was used based on AIC. Note that despite conceptualising the HDF at different levels, all analyses were done at the individual level.