Trends in mental health inequalities for people with disability, Australia 2003 to 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Cross-sectional studies have demonstrated that people with disability have substantial inequalities in mental health compared to people without disability. However, it is not known if these inequalities have changed over time. This study compared the mental health of people with and without disability annually from 2003 to 2020 to investigate time trends in disability-related mental health inequalities.

Methods

We use annual data (2003-2020) of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey. Mental health was measured using the five-item Mental Health Inventory. For each wave, we calculated population-weighted age-standardised estimates of mean Mental Health Inventory scores for people with and without disability and calculated the mean difference in

SUBMITTER: Bishop GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10666511 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature