An exploratory study assessing psychological distress of indigents in Burkina Faso: a step forward in understanding mental health needs in West Africa

Table 6 Predictors of perceived level of psychological distress

Parameters		n	B	Std. Error	Hypothesis Test		Exp(B)	95% Wald Confidence
Parameters		n	B	Std. Error	Wald Chi-Squared	Sig.	Exp(B)	Lower	Upper
Threshold	Low vs. medium and high levels of distress		−2.638	.3228	66.813	.000	.071	.038	0.135
	Low and medium vs. high levels of distress		−0.576	0.3137	3.376	.066	.562	.304	1.039
Sex	Male	535	−.860	.1293	44.247	.000	.423	.329	.545
	Female	1117	0^a				1
Literacy	Yes	104	−.505	.2083	5.886	.015	.603	.401	.907
	No	1548	0^a				1
Marital status	Separated/divorced	39	.495	.3729	1.760	.185	1.640	.790	3.407
	Single	78	1.387	.3009	21.244	.000	4.002	2.219	7.217
	Married, polygamous	410	.039	.1360	0.084	.772	1.040	.797	1.358
	Widowed	561	.020	.1537	0.016	.899	1.020	.755	1.378
	Married, monogamous	564	0^a				1
Income	Yes	217	−.588	.1481	15.758	.000	.556	.416	.743
	No	1435	0^a				1
Handicap	Yes	389	.205	.1459	1.977	.160	1.228	.922	1.634
	No	1263	0^a				1
Nutritional needs fulfilled	Yes	767	−.135	.1098	1.508	.219	.874	.705	1.084
	No	885	0^a				1
Begging behaviours	Yes	288	.539	.1670	12.441	.000	1.802	1.299	2.500
	No	1364	0^a				1
Perceived health status	Good	322	−.932	.1935	23.233	.000	.394	.269	.575
	Average	891	−.777	.1507	26.614	.000	.460	.342	.618
	Poor	439	0^a				1
Altered cognitive functioning	No	1095	−.151	.1299	1.345	.246	.860	.667	1.109
	Yes	557	0^a				1
Presence of at least one aggressive symptom	No	1435	.300	.1780	2.840	.092	1.350	.952	1.913
	Yes	217	0^a				1
Presence of at least one depressive symptom	No	192	−1.043	.1618	41.556	.000	.352	.257	.484
	Yes	1460	0^a				1
Presence of at least one psychotic symptom	No	1230	−.220	.1407	2.446	.118	.802	.609	1.057
	Yes	422	0^a				1
Age		1652	.017	.0040	19.045	.000	1.017	1.010	1.025