调查美国女同性恋,男同性恋和双性恋成年人的多种药物使用情况
Luis M Mestre1, Maria A Parker2, Juhan Lee3
1Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Addictive behaviors
|August 28, 2025
概括
从2021年到2023年,涉及两种或更多物质的物质使用在女同性恋,男同性恋,双性恋 (LGB) 成年女性中显著增加. 需要有针对性的资源来应对LGB女性不断升级的风险.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生
- 药物使用研究
- 健康上的差异
背景情况:
- 涉及两个或更多物质 (≥2) 的物质使用是已知的健康风险行为.
- 这种行为在女同性恋,男同性恋和双性恋 (LGB) 成年女性中非常普遍.
- 了解LGB成年人多种物质使用的最新趋势对于降低风险至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估美国同性恋,同性恋,双性恋 (LGB) 成年人使用两种或更多物质的时间趋势.
- 在2021年至2023年间,根据性别和性身份检查这些趋势.
主要方法:
- 国家药物使用和健康调查 (NSDUH) 数据集 (2021-2023) 分析,其中包括127,645名美国成年人.
- 检查过去30天使用的两种或更多种物质 (在16种测量物质中).
- 使用线性和二次性趋势测试,调整社会人口统计因素,以分析随时间推移的性别和性别差异.
主要成果:
- 从2021年到2023年,同性恋和双性恋女性成年人使用两种或更多物质的数量显著增加.
- 女同性恋成年人使用多种药物增长率最高 (17.3%),其次是双性恋成年女性 (10.6%).
- 这些增加具有统计学意义 (p < 0. 001).
结论:
- 与异性恋成年人和LGB成年男性相比,两种或更多物质的使用率在女同性恋,同性恋和双性恋 (LGB) 成年女性中显著增加.
- 调查结果强调迫切需要针对性资源和有效策略来解决LGB成年女性的多重物质使用问题.
- 干预措施可能有助于减轻与多种物质使用相关的健康风险.
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