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Sexual Minority Women and Depressive Symptoms Throughout Adulthood.
- Source :
- American Journal of Public Health; Dec2014, Vol. 104 Issue 12, pe83-e90, 8p, 3 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Objectives. We examined the associations between depressive symptoms and sexual identity and behavior among women with or at risk for HIV. Methods. We analyzed longitudinal data from 1811 participants in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) from 1994 to 2013 in Brooklyn and the Bronx, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Washington, DC; and Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, by comparing depressive symptoms by baseline sexual identity and ongoing sexual behavior. We controlled for age, socioeconomic status, violence history, and substance use. Results. In separate analyses, bisexual women and women who reported having sex with both men and women during follow-up had higher unadjusted odds of depressive symptoms compared with heterosexuals and women who reported only having male sexual partners (adjusted odd ratio [AOR] = 1.36; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.10, 1.69 and AOR = 1.21; 95% CI = 1.06, 1.37, respectively). Age was a significant effect modifier in multivariable analysis; sexual minority women had increased odds of depressive symptoms in early adulthood, but they did not have these odds at midlife. Odds of depressive symptoms were lower among some sexual minority women at older ages. Conclusions. Patterns of depressive symptoms over the life course of sexual minority women with or at risk for HIV might differ from heterosexual women and from patterns observed in the general aging population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MENTAL depression risk factors
AGE distribution
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
CHI-squared test
CONFIDENCE intervals
FISHER exact test
GROUP identity
HIV infections
MINORITIES
MULTIVARIATE analysis
RESEARCH funding
RISK-taking behavior
HUMAN sexuality
PSYCHOLOGY of women
LGBTQ+ people
DATA analysis software
ODDS ratio
ADULTS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00900036
- Volume :
- 104
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- American Journal of Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 99518103
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2014.302259