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Table 5 Distribution of help seeking behavior for depressive disorders in related to illness related factors of CVD patients JUTH, Jimma South west Ethiopia, 2014

From: Help-seeking behaviour for depressive disorders among adult cardiovascular outpatient cardiac clinic Jimma University Teaching Hospital, Jimma, South-West Ethiopia: crosssectional study

Factors

Help seeking

COR (95%CI)

p-value

Yes

No

History of suicidal attempt

 Yes

8 (42.1%)

11 (57.9%)

Ref

 

 No

57 (32.4%)

119 (67.6%)

0.66 (0.25–1.73)

0.34

Suicidal ideation

 Yes

19 (51.4%)

18 (48.6%)

2.57 (1.24–5.33)

 

 No

46 (29.1%)

112 (70.9%)

Ref

0.01

Co morbidity medical illness other than heart disease

 Yes

31 (31.9%)

66 (68.1%)

Ref

 

 No

34 (34.7%)

64 (65.3%)

1.13 (0.62–2.05)

0.68

Duration of CVD illness

 < 1 year

12 (27.9%)

31 (72.1%)

0.57 (0.24–1.35)

0.20

 1–3 years

21 (40.4%)

31 (59.4%)

Ref

 

 3–5 years

16 (39.0%)

25 (61.0%)

0.94 (0.41–2.18)

0.89

 5–7 years

9 (32.1%)

19 (67.9%)

0.47 (0.26–1.84)

0.47

 > 7 years

7 (22.6%)

24 (77.4%)

0.43 (0.16–1.18)

0.10

Severity of depression

 Mild

29 (27.9%)

75 (72.1%)

Ref

 

 Moderate

25 (36.8%)

43 (63.2%)

1.50 (0.78–2.89)

0.22

 Sever

11 (47.8%)

12 (52.2%)

0.06 (2.37–0.94)

0.06

Functionality impairment

 No difficulty

18 (25.0%)

54 (75.0%)

Ref

 

 Somewhat difficult

20 (29.0%)

49 (71.0%)

1.22 (0.58–2.58)

0.6

 Very difficult

21 (48.8%)

22 (51.2%)

2.86 (1.28–6.38)

0.01

 Extremely difficult

6 (54.5%)

5 (45.5%)

3.6 (0.98–13.22)

0.05

Previous consultation

 Yes

30 (66.7%)

15 (33.3%)

Ref

 

 No

35 (23.3%)

115 (76.7%)

0.15 (0.07–0.32)

0.001