“Death is a better option than being treated like this”: a prevalence survey and qualitative study of depression among multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in-patients

Table 3 Logistic regression exploring associations between socio-demographic and health related variables and a SCID-based diagnosis of depression

Covariates	Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)
Age ≤ 40	Ref
Age > 40	0.95 (0.38, 2.35)
Male	Ref
Female	1.57 (0.57, 4.33)
Not currently/never married	Ref
Married	2.89 (1, 8.37)
No education	Ref
Primary/Junior	0.73 (0.29, 1.88)
Secondary/Higher	0.81 (0.29, 2.27)
Urban location	Ref
Rural location	1.19 (0.55, 2.57)
Days since treatment start^a	1.01 (0.99, 1.02)
Previously treated MDR-TB case	Ref
New MDR-TB case	2.33 (1.06, 5.14)
Non-smoker	Ref
Smoker	1 (0.37, 2.73)
No co-morbidities	Ref
One or more co-morbidity	2.88 (1.13, 7.33)
Sought treatment for side effects	Ref
Not sought treatment for side effects	1.38 (0.63, 3.02)

Ref reference/comparison group for dummy coded categorical variable comparisons. N = 148 (SCID outcomes missing for 2 patients). Adjusted odds ratios are adjusted for all variables/levels listed in the table in a logistic regression model. 95% CIs are approximate Wald-based CIs. ^a Days since treatment start and SCID diagnosis: numerical discrete variable (range = 3–138)

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