加拿大焦虑症患病率的性别差异和与焦虑症相关的因素:基于人口的研究
Shant Torkom Yeretzian1, Yeva Sahakyan2, Nicole Kozloff3
1Turpanjian College of Health Sciences, American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia.
Journal of psychiatric research
|June 23, 2023
概括
焦虑症在加拿大女性中比男性更常见. 年龄,就业,收入和性取向等因素影响了这些差异,突出了针对性别的心理健康策略的需要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 焦虑症是加拿大日益严重的公共卫生问题.
- 了解患病率和促成因素的基于性别的差异对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查加拿大人口中焦虑症患病率的性别差异.
- 检查身份因素和社会决定因素与焦虑障碍的关联,考虑性相互作用.
主要方法:
- 利用了2017-2018年加拿大社区健康调查 (CCHS) 的数据,这是一个具有全国代表性的样本.
- 采用多变量后勤回归,考虑复杂的调查设计,采用采样和引导权重.
- 分析了113290名受访者的数据,占12岁以上加拿大98%的受访者.
主要成果:
- 焦虑障碍在女性 (11.6%) 比男性 (6.3%) 更为普遍.
- 焦虑障碍的更高几率与女性,非白人,非移民,同性恋/双性恋,失业者,低收入者,粮食不安全,残疾人和弱小的社区归属有关.
- 年龄适度焦虑障碍风险在女性但不是男性;就业,收入和双性恋关联因性别而异.
结论:
- 与男性相比,加拿大女性患焦虑症的患病率更高.
- 性别和年龄,就业,收入和性取向等因素之间的相互作用显著影响焦虑症风险.
- 心理健康策略必须承认性别的复杂相互作用和交叉的社会决定因素,以进行有效的干预.
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