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Table 2 Associations of demographic characteristics, socio-economic position and psychiatric characteristics with HIV status, in 602 men and women with severe mental illness consecutively discharged from psychiatric admission wards in Butabika hospital, Uganda

From: HIV prevalence in persons with severe mental illness in Uganda: a cross-sectional hospital-based study

 

Proportion HIV-infected (%)

OR (95% CI)

aOR1 (95% CI)

Demographic characteristics

Sex

 Male

19/259 (7.3)

1

1

 Female

49/343 (14.3)

2.11 (1.21-3.67)**

2.10 (1.20-3.67)*

Age

 18-29

24/272 (8.8)

1

1

 30-39

20/198 (10.1)

1.16 (0.62-2.17)

1.15 (0.62-2.16)

 40-49

24/129 (18.6)

2.36 (1.28-4.35)**

2.34 (1.27-4.32)**

Place of residence

 Urban

12/125 (9.6)

1

1

 Semi-urban

22/179 (12.3)

1.32 (0.63-2.78)

1.31 (0.61-2.80)

 Rural

33/291 (11.3)

1.20 (0.60-2.42)

1.06 (0.52-2.16)

Marital status

 Never married

24/302 (7.9)

1

1

 Ever married

43/299 (14.4)

1.95 (1.15-3.30)*

1.60 (0.92-2.79)

Socioeconomic position

Income

 No income

36/332 (10.8)

1

1

 Any income

30/265 (11.3)

1.05 (0.63-1.76)

1.04 (0.62-1.77)

Education

 None to primary 7

41/330 (12.4)

1

1

 Secondary 1 or higher

26/270 (9.6)

0.75 (0.45-1.26)

0.86 (0.51-1.47)

Occupation

 Unemployed

27/239 (11.3)

1

1

 Any employment

37/353 (10.5)

0.92 (0.54-1.56)

1.02 (0.58-1.81)

Psychiatric characteristics

Psychiatric diagnosis

 Bipolar affective disorder

37/337 (11.0)

1

1

 Non-affective psychosis

26/224 (11.6)

1.07 (0.63-1.81)

1.06 (0.61-1.82)

 Depression

5/39 (12.8)

1.19 (0.44-3.24)

0.99 (0.36-2.74)

Psychiatric history

 Previously admitted

43/406 (10.6)

1

1

 Not previously admitted

25/196 (12.8)

1.23 (0.73-2.09)

1.28 (0.74-2.21)

  1. Odds ratios have been obtained using logistic regression analysis.
  2. 1Adjusted for confounding by sex and age.
  3. * p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.