Research Article
Depressive Symptoms among People Living with HIV Attending ART Centers of Lumbini Province, Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 5
Clinical predictors of depression at selected ART centers in Lumbini province, 2020.
| Variables | Depression | COR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI | Yes | No |
| Period of diagnosis | ≤12 months | 21 (33.9) | 41 (66.1) | 1.49 | 0.83–2.65 | | | >12 months | 88 (25.6) | 256 (74.4) | 1 | | | |
| Period of ART initiation | ≤12 months | 24 (36.9) | 41 (63.1) | 1.76 | 1.00–3.08 | 1.88 | 1.03–3.42 | >12 months | 85 (24.9) | 256 (75.1) | 1 | | 1 | |
| Time difference between period of diagnosis and ART initiation | ≤3 months | 77 (24.4) | 239 (75.6) | 0.58 | 0.35–0.96 | 0.50 | 0.29–0.86 | >3 months | 32 (35.6) | 58 (64.4) | 1 | | 1 | |
| WHO clinical stage | Stage I | 48 (23.4) | 157 (76.6) | 0.78 | 0.31–1.99 | | | Stage II | 22 (28.2) | 56 (71.8) | 1.01 | 0.37–2.75 | | | Stage III | 32 (32.7) | 66 (67.3) | 1.24 | 0.47–3.28 | | | Stage IV | 7 (28.0) | 18 (72.0) | 1 | | | |
| CD4 count | <200 | 44 (41.9) | 61 (58.1) | 2.61 | 1.62–4.21 | 2.50 | 1.54–4.06 | ≥200 | 65 (21.6) | 236 (78.4) | 1 | | 1 | |
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Variables entered to multivariate regression model. Statistically significant at value <0.05, adjusted model. |