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Table 3 Risk factors for possible case of depression

From: Depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation among Vietnamese secondary school students and proposed solutions: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Depression

Univariate logistic regression

Multivariate logistic regression

Yes n (%)

No n (%)

OR (95% CI)

p

OR (95% CI)

p

Growing up and living with both natural parents (n = 1158)

      

Yes

430 (40.0)

645 (60.0)

-

-

-

-

No

46 (55.4)

37 (44.6)

1.86 (1.19-2.92)

0.007

1.88 (1.13-3.13)

0.015

Living with a substance abuser (n = 1154)

      

No

373 (38.5)

597 (61.5)

-

-

-

-

Yes

101 (54.9)

83 (45.1)

1.94 (1.42-2.68)

<0.001

1.63 (1.13-2.34)

0.008

Living with a depressed or mentally ill person (n = 1154)

      

No

442 (40.2)

657 (59.8)

-

-

-

-

Yes

32 (58.2)

23 (41.8)

2.07 (1.19-3.58)

0.008

1.93 (1.03-3.61)

0.041

Being abused by parents or other adults in the household (n = 1155)

      

No

405 (38.8)

640 (60.2)

-

-

-

-

Yes

70 (63.6)

40 (36.4)

2.76 (1.84-4.16)

<0.001

1.80 (1.23-2.88)

0.014

Academic performance from the last semester (n = 1138)

      

Excellent/good

77 (33.6)

152 (66.4)

-

-

-

-

Fairly Good/average

350 (40.8)

508 (59.2)

1.36 (1.00-1.85)

0.046

1.25 (0.89-1.76)

0.192

Below average/ Very poor

39 (76.5)

12 (23.5)

6.42 (3.18-12.95)

<0.001

3.95 (1.83-8.56)

0.001

Academic stress (n = 1151)

      

Low stress

86 (25.7)

248 (74.3)

-

-

-

-

Medium stress

129 (32.9)

263 (67.1)

1.41 (1.02-1.95)

0.036

1.59 (1.12-2.25)

0.009

High stress

259 (60.9)

166 (39.1)

4.50 (3.29-6.15)

<0.001

5.02 (3.57-7.07)

<0.001

Having personal tutors (n = 1151)

      

No

103 (47.7)

113 (52.3)

-

-

-

-

Yes

370 (39.6)

565 (60.4)

0.72 (0.53-0.97)

0.043

0.66 (0.47-0.92)

0.014

Serious quarrel with teachers or other staff at school in the past 12 months (n = 1155)

      

Never

367 (38.1)

597 (61.9)

-

-

-

-

Sometimes/often

107 (56.0)

84 (44.0)

2.07 (1.51-2.84)

<0.001

1.92 (1.35-2.75)

<0.001

It is acceptable for students to have premarital sex (n = 1151)

      

No

394 (38.8)

622 (61.2)

-

-

-

-

Yes

80 (59.3)

55 (40.7)

2.30 (1.59-3.31)

<0.001

2.12 (1.40-3.20)

<0.001

Total

476 (41.1)

682 (58.9)

    
  1. *Participants were physically or emotionally abused by parents or other adults in the household, or by teachers or other staffs at school in the past 12 months. The Odds ratios with a CI not including 1.00 (before round-off) are given in bold.
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