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Table 2 Association of depression with sexual risk behaviours in 334 men and 312 women aged 18-30 years in the general population in Uganda

From: Poor mental health and sexual risk behaviours in Uganda: A cross-sectional population-based study

 

Lifetime partners

Current regular partners

Inconsistent condom use2

Depression

Proportion with

4 or more

lifetime partners

(%)

Crude

OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted1

OR

(95% CI)

Proportion with

more than 1

current partner

(%)

Crude

OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted1

OR

(95% CI)

Proportion with

inconsistent

condom use

(%)

Crude

OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted1

OR

(95% CI)

Men

         

No depression

104/290

(35.9)

1

1

41/290

(14.1)

1

1

171/243

(70.4)

1

1

Depression

19/40

(47.5)

1.62

(0.83-3.15)

1.63

(0.78-3.42)

8/39

(20.5)

1.57

(0.67-3.65)

1.52

(0.60-3.86)

33/38

(86.8)

2.78

(1.04-7.41)

2.71

(0.72-10.20)

Women

         

No depression

47/255

(18.4)

1

1

8/254

(3.1)

1

1

150/199

(75.4)

1

1

Depression

23/56

(41.1)

3.08

(1.66-5.73)

2.74

(1.41-5.34)

6/56

(10.7)

3.69

(1.23-11.10)

3.92

(1.25-12.27)

43/51

(84.3)

1.76

(0.77-3.99)

2.12

(0.79-5.68)

  1. 1 Adjustment for age, education, marital status and place of residence.
  2. 2 Analyses pertain only to participants who had ever had sex.