Table 2 Factors associated with risky sexual behavior among clients with schizophrenia at outpatient clinic AMSH, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018 (N = 429)
From: Risky sexual behaviors of schizophrenic patients: a single center study in Ethiopia, 2018
Explanatory variables | Level | Risky behavior | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | ||||
N | N | ||||
Sex | Male | 147 | 127 | 1.849 (1.221, 2.80)** | 3.78 (1.94, 7.38)*** |
Female | 22 | 133 | 1 | 1 | |
Age | 18–24 | 57 | 20 | 6.53 (2.93, 14.54)*** | 4.85 (1.73, 13.6) ** |
25–34 | 52 | 135 | 1.493 (0.79, 2.86) | 0.93 (0.404, 2.14) | |
35–44 | 40 | 83 | 1.483 (0.75, 2.91) | 0.95 (0.416, 2.21) | |
≥ 45 | 13 | 29 | 1 | 1 | |
Age onset of illness (years) | ≤ 25 | 174 | 124 | 1.76 (1.19, 2.77)* | 1.22 (0.61, 2.42) |
> 25 | 39 | 92 | 1 | 1 | |
Homelessness | Yes | 77 | 19 | 1.235 (0.146, 0.377)** | 2.38 (0.986, 2.42) |
No | 99 | 234 | 1 | 1 | |
Residence | Urban | 140 | 135 | 7.21 (4.33, 12.015)*** | 6.22 (2.98, 12.98)*** |
Rural | 36 | 118 | 1 | 1 | |
Current alcohol use | Yes | 128 | 94 | 4.34 (2.85, 6.62)*** | 1.86 (1.049, 3.32)* |
No | 62 | 145 | 1 | 1 | |
Current use of tobacco | Yes | 115 | 86 | 6.72 (4.14, 10.9)**** | 1.12 (0.613, 2.07) |
No | 52 | 176 | 1 | 1 | |
Positive symptom | > 12 | 145 | 57 | 3.06 (6.54, 7.23)*** | 3.018 (1.55, 5.84)** |
< 12 | 56 | 171 | 1 | 1 | |