Correction to: BMC Psychiatry 21, 136 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03145-x
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Following publication of the original article [1], the authors identified an error in Table 3. The correct table is given below.
Table 3
Simple and multiple logistic regression analysis of depressive disorder among elderly people in Womberma District, North West, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 941).
Variables | Categories | Depression | COR(95%CI) | AOR(95%CI) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | |||||
Sex | Female | 257 | 221 | 2.06 (1.58-2.67) | 1.60 (1.15-2.23) | 0.005* |
Male | 167 | 296 | 1 | 1 | ||
Age | >= 75 years | 142 | 69 | 7.88 (5.19-11.96) | 7.95 (4.98-12.68) | <0.001** |
70-74 years | 138 | 87 | 6.07 (4.05-9.10) | 5.52 (3.52-8.66) | <0.001** | |
65-69 years | 91 | 158 | 2.20 (1.48-3.28) | 2.39 (1.54-3.70) | <0.001** | |
60-64 years | 53 | 203 | 1 | 1 | ||
Occupational status | Retired | 41 | 33 | 1.67 (1.03-2.70) | 0.70 (0.38-1.28) | 0.247 |
Merchant | 6 | 13 | 0.62 (0.23-1.65) | 0.41 (0.13-1.30) | 0.131 | |
Others(/gov/t, NGO/daily labor/ | 82 | 74 | 1.49 (1.05-2.11) | 0.62 (0.37-1.02) | 0.064 | |
Farmer | 295 | 397 | 1 | 1 | ||
marital status | Single | 4 | 8 | 1.06 (0.31-3.59) | 0.82 (0.16-4.19) | 0.820 |
Divorced | 112 | 69 | 3.46 (2.43-4.91) | 2.53 (1.59-4.03) | <0.001** | |
Widowed | 141 | 84 | 3.57 (2.58-4.96) | 2.65 (1.61-4.34) | <0.001** | |
Married | 167 | 356 | 1 | 1 | ||
Family size | Five and above | 99 | 130 | 0.50 (0.29-0.84) | 2.11 (0.47-9.38) | 0.322 |
Four | 96 | 131 | 0.48 (0.28-0.81) | 1.57 (0.35-6.91) | 0.551 | |
Three | 83 | 129 | 0.42 (0.25-0.72) | 1.20 (0.27-5.38) | 0.806 | |
Two | 99 | 96 | 0.68 (0.39-1.15) | 1.68 (0.37-7.52) | 0.493 | |
One | 47 | 31 | 1 | 1 | ||
Living arrangement | Children | 173 | 155 | 1.89 (1.42-2.50) | 0.85 (0.56-1.30) | 0.469 |
Alone | 58 | 35 | 2.80 (1.78-4.42) | 1.30 (0.32-5.29) | 0.712 | |
Spouse | 193 | 327 | 1 | 1 | ||
Known chronic disease | Yes | 126 | 77 | 2.41 (1.75-3.32) | 1.91 (1.30-2.81) | 0.001* |
No | 298 | 440 | 1 | 1 | ||
Physical disability | Yes | 14 | 9 | 1.92 (0.82-4.49) | 1.86 (0.62-5.53) | 0.263 |
No | 410 | 508 | 1 | 1 | ||
Sleep medication | Yes | 4 | 11 | 0.43 (0.13-1.38) | 0.28 (0.06-1.17) | 0.083 |
No | 420 | 506 | 1 | 1 | ||
A good relationship with neighbors | No | 56 | 47 | 1.52 (1.00-2.29) | 1.17 (0.70-1.95) | 0.540 |
Yes | 368 | 470 | 1 | 1 | ||
Feeling of loneliness | Yes | 72 | 62 | 1.50 (1.04-2.16) | 1.00 (0.62-1.61) | 0.972 |
No | 352 | 455 | 1 | 1 | ||
Perceived social support | poor | 276 | 196 | 4.15 (2.42-7.12) | 3.32 (1.77-6.23) | <0.001** |
Moderate | 128 | 262 | 1.44 (0.83-2.49) | 1.24 (0.66-2.34) | 0.498 | |
Strong | 20 | 59 | 1 | 1 | ||
Ever used tobacco | Yes | 6 | 13 | 0.55 (0.21- 1.47) | 0.39 (0.12-1.27) | 0.120 |
No | 418 | 504 | 1 | 1 | ||
The author group has been updated above and the original article [1] has been corrected.
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