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Table 2 Logistic regression of associated factors and postpartum depression in Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital, Tepi primary Hospital and Gebretsadikshawo General Hospital, 2017 (n = 408)

From: Prevalence and associated factors of postpartum depression in Southwest, Ethiopia, 2017: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Postpartum depression

COR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

P-values

No (n)

Yes (n)

Age

 15–24

122

61

0.27 (0.14, 0.52)

0.420 (0.18, 0.98)

0.001

 25–34

130

44

0.19 (0.15, 0.36)

0.19 (0.19, 0.46)

0.002

 ≥ 35

18

33

1

1

 

Unplanned pregnancy

 Yes

33

89

13.05 (7.88, 21.66)

4.49 (2.31, 8.71)

0.001

 No

237

49

1

1

 

Chronic illness

 Yes

6

24

9.26 (3.69, 23.27)

7.71 (2.34, 25.44)

0.002

 No

264

114

1

1

 

History of depression

 Yes

23

64

9.29 (5.4, 15.98)

0.95 (0.39, 2.32)

0.73

 No

247

74

1

1

 

Mode of delivery

 No

80

31

0.69 (0.43, 1.11)

0.65 (0.34, 1.25)

0.18

 Yes

190

107

1

1

 

Death of infant

 Yes

13

57

13.91 (7.25, 26.71)

4.12 (1.79, 9.51)

0.003

 No

257

81

1

1

 

Current marital problem

 No

245

63

0.09 (0.05, 0.15)

6.02 (2.79, 12.99)

0.001

 Yes

25

75

   
  1. Significantly associated variables are in italics