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Table 3 Association between psychosocial factors and depression

From: Depression among older adults in an urban slum of Raipur city – a community based cross-sectional study

Psychosocial factors

Depression

Total

Basic model

Pre-final model

Final model

Present (n = 206)

Absent (n = 194)

OR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

AOR (95% CI)

No

%

No

%

No

%

Visiting friend/group/ place on regular basis

Yes

99

48.1

175

90.2

274

68.5

1

1

-

No

107

51.9

19

9.8

126

31.5

9.96 (5.76–17.20)

0.56 (0.19–1.66)

-

Attending social functions

Yes

134

65.0

192

99.0

326

81.5

1

1

-

No

72

35.0

2

1.0

74

18.5

51.58 (12.44–213.88)

2.13 (0.35–12.94)

-

Stressful life event in the past one year

Yes

87

42.2

18

9.3

105

26.3

7.15 (4.09–12.49)

1.62 (0.64–4.14)

-

No

119

57.8

176

90.7

295

73.8

1

1

-

Health status perceived as poor

Yes

152

73.8

41

21.1

193

48.3

10.50 (6.61–16.70)

1.96 (0.86–4.47)

-

No

54

26.2

153

78.9

207

51.8

1

1

-

Feeling lonely

Yes

143

69.4

20

10.3

163

40.8

19.75 (11.40–34.21)

4.09 (1.79–9.31)

2.85 (1.07–7.56)

No

63

30.6

174

89.7

237

59.3

1

1

1

Social isolationa

Present

135

65.5

2

1.0

137

34.3

182.54 (44.01–757.01)

16.20 (1.78–147.38)

11.87 (1.99–70.70)

Absent

71

34.5

192

99.0

263

65.8

1

1

1

Marginal family tiesb

Present

58

28.2

1

0.5

59

14.8

75.64 (10.36–552.40)

1.10 (0.06–21.79)

-

Absent

148

71.8

193

99.5

341

85.3

1

1

-

Marginal friendship tiesc

Present

166

80.6

8

4.1

174

43.5

96.49 (43.90–212.05)

12.14 (4.43–33.29)

17.59 (5.17–59.55)

Absent

40

19.4

186

95.9

226

56.5

1

1

1

Functionalityd

Not fully functional

27

13.1

1

0.5

28

7.0

29.11 (3.92–216.46)

17.90 (1.58–202.94)

35.48 (1.97–638.34)

Fully functional

179

86.9

193

99.5

372

93.0

1

1

1

  1. aA person with total LSNS-6 score less than 12 was said to have social isolation
  2. bA person with LSNS-6 family score less than 6 was said to have marginal family ties
  3. cA person with LSNS-6 friendship score less than 6 was said to have marginal friendship ties
  4. dBased on Katz index Activities of Daily Living (Katz ADL), score of 6 was considered as the person having no functional impairment. A score of 3 to 5 was considered moderate functional impairment whereas 2 or less was considered to have severe functional impairment