Suicidal Ideation, Attempt, and Associated Factors among Patients with Tuberculosis in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 4
Factors associated with suicidal ideation of participants attending outpatient treatment at Saint Peter’s Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018.
Explanatory variables
Suicidal ideation
COR, (95%CI)
AOR, (95%CI)
Yes(N)
No(N)
Sex
Male
25
197
1
1
Female
47
146
2.54,(1.49,4.31)
2.7(1.39, 5.23)
Educational status
Have no formal education
33
46
3.26, (1.48, 7.2)
3.35,(1.26, 8.91)
Primary
10
108
0.42, (0.17,1.06)
0.41,(0.142, 1.2)
Secondary
11
83
0.60, (0.24,1.5)
0.51,(0.173, 1.47)
Preparatory
7
56
0.57, (0.21,1.58)
0.57,(0.172, 1.85)
College and above
11
50
1
1
Site of TB
Pulmonary
45
299
1
1
Extra-pulmonary
27
44
4.07(2.3, 7.23)
2.35,(1.1, 4.98)
Category of TB Rx
New
41
219
1
1
MDR
27
80
1.8(1.04, 3.12)
1.38, (0.69, 2.8)
Re-treatment
4
44
0.5(0.165, 1.43)
0.37,(0.10, 1.41)
Family mental illness
Yes
14
39
1.88(0.96,3.69)
2.2,(0.85, 5.8)
No
58
304
1
1
medical illness
HIV
12
28
2.3(1.10, 4.77)
1.12,(0.38, 3.2)
Others
6
27
1.18(0.46, 3)
0.61, (0.18, 2.05)
No
54
288
1
1
Depression
Yes
47
82
5.98(3.47,10.32)
4.9,(2.56, 9.40)
No
25
261
1
1
Social support
Poor
45
132
2.73(1.4, 5.32)
1.2,(.52, 2.73)
Moderate
14
107
1.05(0.47, 2.34)
0.64, (0.24, 1.7)
Strong
13
104
1
1
Perceived TB stigma
Yes
53
134
4.35(2.47, 7.67)
3.24,(1.64, 6.44)
No
19
209
1
1
Others =diabetics, hypertension, and cardiac disease; Chi square=5.5, df=8, and Hosmer-Lemeshow test p value= 0.661. = p value<0.05; = p value <0.01.
