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Table 3 Factors associated with psychological disorder (GHQ12 score ≥ 3)

From: Relationship between psychological health and quality of life of people affected by leprosy in the community in Guangdong province, China: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Univariate analyses

Multivariate analyses

aOR

95%CI

p

aOR

95%CI

p

Gender

 female

reference

 male

0.74

0.65–0.83

< 0.001

1.31

1.13–1.52

< 0.001

Age

  < 30

reference

 30–49

0.32

0.19–0.54

< 0.001

0.90

0.49–1.65

0.732

 50–69

0.33

0.25–0.44

< 0.001

0.77

0.56–1.08

0.131

≥70

0.48

0.42–0.54

< 0.001

0.69

0.60–0.79

< 0.001

Education

primary school or below

reference

junior high school

2.51

2.09–3.03

< 0.001

–

–

–

senior high school

3.06

1.93–5.18

0.5342

–

–

–

college and up

3.56

1.56–10.25

0.1871

–

–

–

Employment

 unemployment

reference

 full-time

0.47

0.34–0.64

< 0.001

0.36

0.27–0.48

< 0.001

 part-time

0.65

0.43–0.97

0.03

0.39

0.26–0.57

< 0.001

 retired

2.48

1.99–3.09

< 0.001

0.38

0.29–0.50

< 0.001

Profession

 peasants

reference

 factory workers

0.40

0.28–0.56

< 0.001

0.89

0.59–1.35

0.587

 businessmen

0.25

0.14–0.45

< 0.001

0.85

0.44–1.65

0.624

 othersa

1.20

1.06-1.36

0.004

1.35

1.16–1.57

< 0.001

Quality of life

 physical health

0.68

0.66–0.69

< 0.001

0.83

0.80–0.85

< 0.001

 phycological health

0.60

0.58–0.62

< 0.001

0.74

0.71–0.77

< 0.001

 social relationship

0.58

0.56–0.60

< 0.001

0.85

0.80–0.89

< 0.001

 environment

0.80

0.78–0.81

< 0.001

0.97

0.95–0.99

0.009

  1. aothers include: teacher, student, driver, office clerk, civil servant, medical staff and unemployed
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