Depression and suicidal behavior among adolescents living with HIV in Botswana: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Logistic regression model showing the predictors of suicidal behavior in ALWHIV

Characteristics	Wald	p-value	AOR	95% CI
Characteristics	Wald	p-value	AOR	Lower	Upper
Gender
Females	25.9	< 0.01	6.60	3.19	13.6
Age
Older age	0.35	0.552	0.93	0.72	1.19
Level of education
Junior high school and below	1.06	0.300	0.71	0.36	1.37
Clinic attendance
Poor	0.18	0.670	0.76	0.22	2.68
Medication changed more once in 6 mths
Yes	0.15	0.695	0.89	0.46	1.67
Perceived support from family
Poor	1.46	0.227	0.67	0.35	1.29
Support/counselling from health staff
Poor	2.83	0.092	2.01	0.89	4.51
Paternal orphan
Yes	0.01	0.933	1.09	0.15	7.89
Maternal orphan
Yes	0.09	0.769	0.83	0.23	2.93
Double orphan
Yes	0.11	0.746	1.49	0.13	17.3
Parent marital status
Single, separated or divorced	0.99	0.321	0.64	0.26	1.55
Caregiver
Single parent or others	2.37	0.124	1.94	0.83	4.53
HIV status
Felt bad about status	43.8	< 0.01	8.79	4.62	16.7
Viral load
Below 400 copies	1.03	0.310	1.44	0.72	2.88
Frequency of religious participation
Regularly	6.16	0.013	0.33	0.14	0.79
Alcohol use disorder
Present	12.7	< 0.01	3.82	1.83	7.96
Having a family member with the same infection
Yes	0.81	0.367	1.46	0.64	3.33
Religion
Christianity	0.29	0.590	1.33	0.47	3.78

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