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

Variables entered to multivariate regression model. Statistically significant at value <0.05, adjusted model.