Introduction
Method
Study design and period
Sample size determination and sampling procedures
Data collection instrument
Data processing and analysis
Ethical consideration
Result
Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants
Characteristics | Category | Frequency | Percent (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 193 | 29 |
Female | 116 | 71 | |
Age | 18–20 | 103 | 36.8 |
21–23 | 115 | 38.9 | |
24–26 | 78 | 16.2 | |
> 27 | 13 | 8.1 | |
Residence | Urban | 208 | 67.3 |
Rural | 101 | 32.7 | |
Religion | Protestant | 92 | 29.8 |
Orthodox | 130 | 42.1 | |
Muslim | 59 | 19.1 | |
Catholic | 23 | 7.4 | |
Other | 5 | 1.6 | |
Year of study | 1st year | 56 | 18.1 |
2nd year | 115 | 37.2 | |
3rd year | 82 | 26.5 | |
4th year | 56 | 18.1 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 89 | 28.8 |
Oromia | 86 | 27.8 | |
Tigray | 29 | 9.4 | |
Wolaita | 25 | 8.1 | |
Gurage | 21 | 6.8 | |
Other | 59 | 19.1 | |
Marital status | Single | 273 | 88.3 |
Married | 20 | 6.5 | |
Divorced | 5 | 1.6 | |
Other | 11 | 3.6 | |
Monthly income | < 735ETB per month | 217 | 70.2 |
735-1176ETB per month | 44 | 14.2 | |
> 1176ETB per month | 48 | 15.5 |
Social support of respondents
Magnitude of mental distress
Factors associated with mental distress
Characteristics | Mental distress | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | P value | |
Age | |||||
18–20 | 71 | 32 | 0.20 (0.057,0.669) | 0.42 (0.83,2.154) | 0.299 |
21–23 | 80 | 35 | 0.194 (0.56,0.674) | 0.28 (0.58,1.338) | 0.111 |
24–26 | 49 | 29 | 0.263 (0.74, 0.931) | 0.49 (0.11,2.385) | 0.378 |
> 27 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Year of study | |||||
1st year | 40 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2nd year | 79 | 36 | 0.87 (0.565,2.3 | ||
3rd year | 52 | 30 | 0.69 (0.693,3) | ||
4th year | 33 | 23 | 1.742 (0.793,3.83) | ||
Marital status | |||||
Married | 11 | 9 | 3.68 (0.629,21.559) | 0.43 (0.12,1.58) | 0.204 |
Divorced | 4 | 1 | 2.33 (0.492,1098) | 0.16 (0.88,3.039) | 0.222 |
Single | 180 | 93 | 1.125 (0.078,16.3) | 0.589 (0.054,6.46) | 0.665 |
Other | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Current substance use | |||||
Yes | 44 | 81 | 12.27 (6.97,21.58) | 12.84 (7.13,23.13) | 0.001a |
No | 160 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Social support | |||||
Poor | 71 | 7 | 7.47 (3.29,16.95) | 5.28 (2.18, 12.84) | 0.001a |
Strong | 133 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 1 |