Table 3 Psychological Distress among TB patients in Dire Dawa and Harar cities Health Institutions, Eastern Ethiopia, 2018 (N = 365)
Variables | Psychological Distress, n (%) | N (%) in the groups | |
|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | ||
Age | |||
 18–30 | 101 (60.5) | 66 (39.5) | 167 (45.8) |
 31–44 | 76 (62.8) | 45 (37.2) | 121 (33.2) |
 ≥ 45 | 54 (70.1) | 23 (29.9) | 77 (21.1) |
Sex | |||
 Male | 125 (60) | 80 (40) | 205 (56.2) |
 Female | 106 (66.2) | 54 (33.8) | 160 (43.8) |
Residence | |||
 Rural | 67 (78.8) | 18 (21.2) | 164 (71) |
 Urban | 164 (58.6) | 116 (41.4) | 67 (29) |
Marital status | |||
 Single/Divorced/widowed | 112 (69.6) | 49 (30.4) | 161 (44.1) |
 Married | 119 (58.3) | 85 (41.7) | 204 (55.9) |
TB-HIV Co-infection | |||
 Yes | 54 (81.8) | 12 (18.2) | 66 (18.1) |
 No | 177 (59.2) | 122 (40.8) | 299 (81.9) |
TB treatment | |||
 Repeated | 29 (76.3) | 9 (23.7) | 38 (10.4) |
 New | 202 (61.8) | 125 (38.2) | 327 (89.6) |
TB type | |||
 Pulmonary & MDR TB | 174 (73.1) | 64 (26.9) | 238 (65.2) |
 Extra Pulmonary | 57 (44.9) | 70 (55.1) | 127 (34.8) |
One or more chronic Disease | |||
 Yes | 87 (82.1) | 19 (17.9) | 106 (29) |
 No | 144 (55.6) | 115 (44.4) | 259 (71) |
Experienced TB stigma | |||
 Yes | 130 (76.9) | 39 (23.1) | 169 (46.3) |
 No | 101 (51.5) | 95 (48.5) | 196 (53.7) |
Self-rated illness severity | |||
 Mild | 35 (49.3) | 36 (50.7) | 71 (19.5) |
 Moderate | 105 (64.8) | 57 (35.2) | 162 (44.4) |
 Severe | 91 (68.9) | 41 (31.1) | 132 (36.2) |
Alcohol use risk | |||
 Risk drinking | 14 (87.5) | 2 (12.5) | 16 (4.4) |
 No risk | 217 (62.2) | 132 (37.8) | 349 (95.6) |
Current khat Chewing | |||
 Yes | 128 (68.1) | 60 (31.9) | 188 (51.5) |
 No | 103 (58.2) | 74 (41.8) | 177 (48.5) |
Current Cigarette smoker | |||
 Yes | 50 (83.3) | 10 (16.7) | 60 (16.4) |
 No | 181 (59.3) | 124 (40.7) | 305 (83.6) |
Income | |||
 No income | 41 (62.1) | 25 (37.9) | 66 (18.1) |
 < = 500 ETB | 19 (76) | 6 (24) | 25 (6.8) |
 501–999 ETB | 35 (76.1) | 11 (23.9) | 46 (12.6) |
 > = 1000 ETB | 136 (59.6) | 92 (40.4) | 228 (62.5) |