Background
Methods and materials
Study design and setting
Procedures
Measurements
Analysis
Results
Sociodemographic characteristics
Variables | Frequency | Percent (%) |
---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Male | 97 | 42.9 |
Female | 129 | 57.1 |
Age | ||
18–25 | 128 | 56.6 |
26–40 | 80 | 35.4 |
40 and above | 18 | 8 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 152 | 67.3 |
Islam | 74 | 32.7 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 129 | 57.1 |
Divorced | 5 | 2.2 |
Widowed | 9 | 4.0 |
Married | 83 | 36.7 |
Educational status | ||
Cannot read and write | 13 | 5.8 |
Primary school | 30 | 13.3 |
Secondary school | 68 | 30 |
Diploma and above | 115 | 50.9 |
Ethnicity | ||
Amhara | 210 | 92.9 |
Oromo | 6 | 2.7 |
Tigre | 8 | 3.5 |
Afar | 2 | 0.9 |
Occupational status | ||
Had job | 152 | 67.3 |
Had no specified job | 74 | 32.7 |
Wealth index | ||
Poor | 77 | 34.1 |
Second | 54 | 23.9 |
Middle | 51 | 22.6 |
Rich | 44 | 19.4 |
Clinical characteristics
Variable | Professional help-seeking behavior | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | |||
Sex | ||||
Female | 43 | 86 | 2.73 (1.41, 5.29) | 2.77 (1.28, 5.99) |
Male | 15 | 82 | 1 | 1 |
Ever use of tobacco | ||||
Yes | 5 | 28 | 0.47 (0.17,1.29) | 0.49 (0.13, 1.93) |
No | 53 | 140 | 1 | 1 |
Current drinking of alcohol | ||||
Yes | 33 | 79 | 1.49 (0.82, 2.71) | 2.74 (1.27, 5.94) |
No | 25 | 89 | 1 | 1 |
Family history of mental illness | ||||
Yes | 5 | 6 | 2.55 (0.742, 8.69) | 2.36 (0.52, 10.71) |
No | 53 | 162 | 1 | 1 |
Co-morbid illness | ||||
Yes | 19 | 20 | 3.61 (1.75, 7.41) | 4.49* (1.82, 11.07) |
No | 39 | 148 | 1 | 1 |
Perception about depression | ||||
Severe illness | 36 | 64 | 2.66 (1.44, 4.92) | 2.44 (1.20, 4.93) |
Benign illness | 22 | 64 | 1 | 1 |
Social support | ||||
Poor | 20 | 57 | 1.24 (0.64, 2.40) | 0.73 (0.321, 1.664) |
Intermediate | 27 | 95 | 1 | 1 |
Strong | 11 | 16 | 2.42 (1.01, 5.83) | 2.17 (0.75, 6.31) |
Depression severity | ||||
Mild | 27 | 132 | 1 | 1 |
Moderate | 13 | 29 | 2.19 (1.01, 4.75) | 2.54 (1.086, 5.93) |
Severe | 18 | 7 | 12.57 (4.78, 33.03) | 7.67**(2.69, 21.81) |