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Table 2 Factors associated with suicidal ideation at baseline

From: Trained lay health workers reduce common mental disorder symptoms of adults with suicidal ideation in Zimbabwe: a cohort study

 

Univariate

Multivariate

OR (95% CI)

p

OR (95% CI)

p

Gender

(reference: male)

Female

1.62 (0.71, 3.70)

0.25

1.34 (0.57, 3.15)

0.50

Age

(reference: 18–24)

25–34

2.90 (1.25, 6.77)

0.09

3.00 (1.26, 7.16)

0.09

35–44

2.15 (0.87, 5.31)

2.30 (0.91, 5.82)

45+

1.88 (0.69, 5.10)

1.94 (0.69, 5.49)

Earning salary

(reference: no)

Yes

0.73 (0.44, 1.20)

0.21

  

Marital status

(reference: married)

Divorced/ separated/ widowed

1.02 (0.59, 1.77)

0.95

  

Single

0.70 (0.20, 2.39)

0.57

  

Children aged < 16 at home

(reference: 0)

1

0.94 (0.44, 1.98)

0.87

  

2

0.90 (0.43, 1.86)

0.77

  

3

0.88 (0.40, 1.94)

0.75

  

4+

0.75 (0.30, 1.89)

0.55

  

HIV status

(reference: negative)

Positive

1.47 (0.88, 2.47)

0.14

  

Declined/ missing

0.54 (0.20, 1.45)

0.22

  

Has any household income

(reference: no)

Yes

0.49 (0.27, 0.87)

0.01

0.52 (0.29, 0.95)

0.03

Chronic condition

(reference: no)

Yes

0.97 (0.55, 1.72)

0.92

  

Skipped at least one meal in the past month due to lack of food

(reference: no)

Yes

3.07 (1.85, 5.09)

< 0.001

3.06 (1.81, 5.18)

< 0.001

Went to sleep hungry in the past week

(reference: no)

Yes

2.09 (1.25, 3.47)

0.01

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