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Table 5 Bi-variable and multivariate analysis of stigma among schizophrenia patients at AMSH, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 409)

From: Prevalence and factors associated with higher levels of perceived stigma among people with schizophrenia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Variables

Categories

Stigma

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

P-Value

Low

High

Sex

Male

117

138

1:00

1:00

 

Female

36

118

2.80 (1.80, 4.34)

2.30 (1.42, 3.71)*

0.04

Marital status

Single

101

141

0.63 (0.41, 0.96)

0.64 (0.41,1.01)

0.31

Married

52

115

1:00

1:00

 

Age of onset of schizophrenia

Before 25 years

57

137

1.94 (1.29, 2.92)

1.85 (1.19, 2.89)**

0.01

After 25 years

96

119

1:00

1:00

 

Number of admissions

Never

100

138

1:00

1:00

 

≤ 2

33

82

1.80 (1.11, 2.90)

1.94 (1.16, 3.27)*

0.01

> 2

20

36

1.30 (0.71, 2.39)

1.70 (0.83, 3.39)

0.32

Duration of illness (years)

< 1

45

30

1:00

1:00

 

1–5

45

72

2.4 (1.32, 4.34)

2.00 (1.01, 3.27)**

0.01

6–10

38

89

3.513 (1.932, 6.389)

2.48 (1.29, 4.74)***

< 0.001

> 10

25

65

3.9 (2.03, 7.492)

2.85 (1.40, 5.79)***

< 0.001

Current Tobacco use

Yes

87

174

1.61 (1.06, 2.435)

1.36 (0.84, 2.18)

0.23

No

66

82

1:00

1:00

 
  1. Italic values indicate significance of p-value (P < 0.05)
  2. * P<0.05; ** P<0.01; *** P<0.001