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Table 3 Factors associated with common mental disorders among prisoners in Addis Ababa correctional center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 2015. (n = 447)

From: The prevalence and correlates of common mental disorders among prisoners in Addis Ababa: an institution based cross-sectional study

Variables

Categories

Common mental disorder

COR, 95% (CI)

AOR, 95% (CI)

Yes

No

Level of educational

Illiterate

37

17

2.96 (1.37, 6.41)

2.34 (0.87–6.32)

Primary

116

89

1.78 (0.99, 3.18)

1.5 (0.70–3.38)

Secondary

83

46

2.45 (1.31, 4.61)

2.3 (1.04, 5.20)*

Above tertiary

25

34

1:00

1:00

Social support

Poor

147

71

3.1 (1.74, 5.40)

2.4 (1.16, 4.85)**

Moderate

87

75

1.72 (0.96, 3.10)

1.8 (0.80–3.17)

Strong

27

40

1:00

1:00

Financial crisis

No

67

112

1:00

1:00

Yes

194

74

4.4 (3.00, 6.57)

3 (1.84, 4.85)***

Job before arrested

Yes

117

126

1:00

1:00

No

144

60

2.6 (1.75, 3.83)

1.7 (1.04, 2.80)*

Ever diagnosed psychiatric illness

No

236

182

1:00

1:00

Yes

25

4

(1.64, 14.10)

4.3 (1.21, 15.56)*

  1. Significant association (* P-value < 0.05, ** P-value < 0.01 and *** P-value < 0.001), n = sample size P-value for Hosmer and Lemeshew test = 0.56 common mental disorder