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Table 3 Association between HIV infection, major depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, trauma experiences and suicidal ideation

From: “The Cango Lyec Project - Healing the Elephant”: HIV related vulnerabilities of post-conflict affected populations aged 13–49 years living in three Mid-Northern Uganda districts

Variable

Total (N = 2388)

HIV+ Weighted (%)

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

aAdjusted OR (95%CI)

p-value

Major Depressive Disorder (Mean Depression Scores ≥1.75)

 No

2027 (85.1%)

193 (10.2%)

1.00

1.00

 

 Yes

360 (14.9%)

84 (23.4%)

2.70 (1.95, 3.75)

1.89 (1.28, 2.80)

0.006

PTSD (Mean PTSD Scores ≥2.0)

 No

2109 (88.1%)

227 (11.2%)

1.00

1.00

 

 Yes

279 (11.9%)

50 (19.3%)

1.90 (1.30, 2.78)

1.44 (1.06, 1.96)

0.026

12 or more Traumatic events ever

 No

2160 (91.2%)

227 (11.0%)

1,00

1.00

 

 Yes

228 (8.8%)

50 (23.7%)

2.52 (1.70, 3.73)

2.50 (1.31, 4.79)

0.012

Ever experienced rape or sexual abuse

 No

2189 (92.0%)

226 (11.0%)

1.00

1.00

 

 Yes

199 (8.0%)

51 (25.6%)

2.80 (1.88, 4.17)

1.80 (0.96, 3.37)

0.063

Ill Health without medical care ever

 No

1639 (69.7%)

162 (10.1%)

1.00

1.00

 

 Yes

749 (30.3%)

115 (16.9%)

1.82 (1.36, 2.44)

1.59 (1.00, 2.52)

0.048

Suicidal Ideation within last 2 weeks

 Not at all

2093 (88.4%)

218 (11.2%)

1.00

1.00

 

 Yes - A little/Quite a bit/Extremely

293 (11.7%)

59 (19.2%)

1.88 (1.30, 2.72)

1.87 (1.34, 2.61)

0.003

 Missing

2 (0.1%)

0 (0%)

 

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  1. Legend: Unadjusted and after adjustinga for differences in age, sex, marital status, religion, and district of residence, several mental health factors were found to be associated with HIV-infection in three mid-northern Uganda districts population, 2011/2012