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1Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut, Farmington, USA. yanliu@uchc.edu.
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概括
性少数群体的人面临更高的抑郁率和低医疗保健覆盖率. 然而,抑郁症显著增加了缺乏医疗保险的几率,无论性取向如何.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 心理健康服务 心理健康服务
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
背景情况:
- 医疗保健覆盖面对于获得行为健康服务至关重要.
- 性少数群体的地位与独特的健康挑战和差异有关.
- 了解心理健康,获得医疗保健和性取向的交叉关系至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查性少数群体地位如何影响抑郁症和医疗保健覆盖范围之间的关系.
- 分析可能的抑郁症对纽约市性少数群体和异性恋个人的医疗保健覆盖率的影响.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自纽约市社区健康调查的数据 (n=9571).
- 使用后勤回归来检查可能的抑郁症,医疗保险和性少数群体身份之间的关联.
- 分析了包括年龄和种族/种族在内的人口因素.
主要成果:
- 与异性恋人相比,性少数群体的参与者报告了更高的可能抑郁率 (19%vs. 9%) 和较低的医疗保健覆盖率 (17%vs. 9%).
- 可能的抑郁症与拥有低医疗保健覆盖率的可能性增加了3.08倍.
- 抑郁症和低医疗覆盖率之间的关联没有受到性取向的显著改变.
结论:
- 虽然性少数群体面临更高的抑郁和缺乏医疗覆盖的负担,但抑郁本身是所有人获得医疗保健不良的强有力的预测因素.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索医疗保健覆盖范围,心理健康结果和性取向之间的复杂相互作用.
- 调查结果强调需要有针对性的干预措施,以改善弱势群体获得心理健康护理的机会.
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