Mental health among men who have sex with men in Cambodia: Implications for integration of mental health services within HIV programmes

Table 5 Factors associated with levels of psychological distress among MSM in multivariable logistic regression model

Variables in the final model^a	Total score of GHQ-12 (≤3 vs. >3)
Variables in the final model^a	AOR (95 % CI)	p-value
Province
Battambang	Reference
Siem Reap	2.16 (1.14–4.09)	0.02
Age	1.09 (1.03–1.14)	0.001
Self-rated quality of life
Good/very good	Reference
Neither good nor poor	0.84 (0.50–1.41)	0.51
Poor/very poor	7.45 (1.79–3.04)	0.006
Had drunk at least a full glass of alcohol
No	Reference
Yes	3.3 (1.36–7.83)	0.008
Used any kinds of illicit drugs
No	Reference
Yes	3.53 (1.12–11.18)	0.03
Condom use at last sexual intercourse
No	Reference
Yes	0.40 (0.21–0.73)	0.003
Family member said hurtful or insulting things to
No	Reference
Yes	1.80 (1.10–2.97)	0.02
Parent or guardian had been physically abused
No	Reference
Yes	3.51 (1.86–6.62)	<0.001
Family member had been depressed/mentally ill
No	Reference
Yes	4.01 (2.06–7.81)	<0.001

AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval, MSM men who have sex with men
^aVariables associated with psychological distress in bivariate analyses at a level of p < 0.2 were simultaneously included in the model, and then variables with a p-value ≥0.05 were removed for model fitting, and the steps were repeated until all p-values of the remaining variables were <0.05

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