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Table 4 Predictors of Mental Health (MCS)

From: Quality of life among tuberculosis (TB), TB retreatment and/or TB-HIV co-infected primary public health care patients in three districts in South Africa

 

Unadjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)

Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)a,b

Sociodemographics

  

Age

1.00 (0.99–1.00)

1.02 (1.00–1.03)

Gender

  

Female

1.00

1.00

Male

1.11 (0.98–1.00)

1.21 (0.83–1.77)

Education

  

Grade 7 or less

1.00

1.00

Grade 8–11

1.16 (0.99–1.35)

0.75 (0.48–1.17)

Grade 12 or more

1.42 (1.20–1.68)***

1.02 (0.59–1.74)

Marital status

  

Never married

1.00

 

Married/cohabitating

1.13 (0.97–1.32)

 

Divorced/separated/widowed

0.80 (0.61–1.04)

 

Poverty index

  

Low

1.00

1.00

Medium

0.98 (0.85–1.13)

0.98 (0.65–1.48)

High

0.31 (0.25–0.38)***

0.48 (0.26–0.90)*

Health variables

  

New TB patient

1.00

 

TB retreatment patient

0.93 (0.80–1.07)

 

HIV negative

1.00

1.00

HIV positive

1.58 (1.38–1.80)***

2.99 (1.61–5.57)***

Chronic conditions

  

Zero

1.00

 

One

1.05 (0.87–1.26)

 

Two

1.20 (0.93–1.56)

 

Three or more

1.13 (0.80–1.59)

 

Psychological distress (K > 15)

0.28 (0.23–0.33)***

0.09 (0.05–0.17)***

Alcohol: low risk (AUDIT 0–7)

1.00

 

Medium (AUDIT 8–19)

0.92 (0.78–1.09)

 

High (AUDIT 20–40)

1.00 (0.78–1.27)

 

Tobacco use (daily or almost daily)

0.81 (0.69–0.94)**

0.85 (0.50–1.45)

Had sex in past 3 months

0.75 (0.66–0.85)***

0.77 (0.53–1.11)

On ART

1.05 (0.89–1.23)

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TB medication adherence

1.11 (0.95–1.30)

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ART adherence

1.98 (1.48–2.67)***

1.19 (0.78–1.87)

Partner HIV negative/unknown

1.00

1.00

Partner HIV positive

1.31 (1.13–1.51)***

1.45 (0.99–2.16)

  1. a Using “enter” LR selection of variables.
  2. b Hosmer and Lemeshow Chi-square 14.39 df 8, 0.072; Cox and Snell R2 0.21; Nagelkerke R2 0.27.
  3. * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.001.