Table 2 Logistic regression predicting the likelihood of symptoms of perinatal depression among women in selected health centres and the affiliated district hospital in Rwanda
Independent variables | B | Wald | df | p | Odds Ratio | 95% C.I. | % Screen High EPDS Within Group | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | |||||||
Age | 7.84 | 3 | 0.05 | |||||
24 or less | 1.06 | 1.52 | 1 | 0.22 | 2.89 | 0.53 | 15.64 | 50.9 |
25–29 | −0.04 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0.19 | 4.74 | 46.0 |
30–34 | −1.03 | 1.60 | 1 | 0.21 | 0.36 | 0.07 | 1.76 | 46.2 |
35 or more (r) | 1.00 | 66.7 | ||||||
Level of education | 8.74 | 2 | 0.01 | |||||
No Education | 0.69 | 0.99 | 1 | 0.32 | 2.00 | 0.51 | 7.83 | 76.7 |
Primary | −0.78 | 1.69 | 1 | 0.19 | 0.46 | 0.14 | 1.49 | 42.0 |
Secondary or more (r) | 1.00 | 36.4 | ||||||
Relationship with husband* | ||||||||
Strong | −2.43 | 21.16 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 34.2 |
Poor(r) | 1.00 | 86.3 | ||||||
Number of children* | 10.48 | 4 | 0.03 | |||||
No Child | −2.10 | 8.29 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.42 | 20.7 |
One | −1.32 | 2.73 | 1 | 0.10 | 0.27 | 0.06 | 1.28 | 51.2 |
Two | −0.92 | 1.37 | 1 | 0.24 | 0.40 | 0.09 | 1.86 | 46.2 |
Three | −0.13 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.87 | 0.88 | 0.18 | 4.26 | 60.0 |
Four and more (r) | 1.00 | 73.5 | ||||||
Stressful life events | ||||||||
None | −0.46 | 1.18 | 1 | 0.28 | 0.63 | 0.28 | 1.44 | 34.8 |
At least one (r) | 1.00 | 61.5 | ||||||
Constant | 3.15 | 11.12 | 1 | 0.00 | 23.36 | |||