在老年女同性恋和同性恋美国成年人中,使用多种物质的流行率更高
Luis M Mestre1, Marney A White1,2, Becca R Levy2
1Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Drug and alcohol dependence reports
|September 24, 2024
概括
年长的同性恋成年人与异性恋同龄人相比,使用多种物质的比例显著高. 针对性干预对这一人口群体至关重要,重点关注年龄和性取向的包容性.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 药物使用研究研究 药物使用研究
背景情况:
- 多种物质的使用是一个重要的公共卫生问题,不成比例地影响边缘化人口.
- 关于老年女同性恋,同性恋和双性恋 (LGB) 成年人多物质使用的研究有限.
- 没有先前的研究已经量化过去30天的多种物质使用率在老年LGB人群.
研究的目的:
- 检查老年LGB成年人 (65岁以上) 中多种物质使用的流行率.
- 为了比较老年LGB成年人与同龄异性恋成年人的多物质使用情况.
- 为了比较老年LGB成年人与年轻LGB成年人的多物质使用.
主要方法:
- 利用了2021-2022年国家药物使用和健康调查数据 (n=86,254).
- 计算的调查加权过去30天多重物质使用率,调整了社会人口统计数据.
- 采用加权的多项式模型进行群体之间的比较分析.
主要成果:
- 年长的同性恋成年人比异性恋同行使用多种物质的患病率明显高 (OR = 27.94; p < 0.001).
- 异性恋参与者显示,随着年龄的增长,多种物质的使用量下降 (OR = 0.27;p < 0.001).
- 在年龄较大和年轻的同性恋/女同性恋 (OR = 0.67; p = 0.491) 或双性恋 (OR = 1.04; p = 0.969) 成年人之间,没有发现多物质使用的显著差异.
结论:
- 多种物质的使用对老年同性恋/女同性恋成年人来说是一个关键的公共卫生问题.
- 需要专门为老年LGB成年人设计的干预措施.
- 预防策略应该包括年龄和性取向,包括早期发现多重物质使用.
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