Mental health-related quality of life by sex and sexual identity among U.S. adults with alcohol and tobacco use disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) and tobacco use disorder (TUD) are more severe among some sexual minority subgroups. It is less understood whether mental health indicators also differ by sexual identity among those with more severe forms of AUD and TUD. We examined differences in mental health-related QoL by sex-specific sexual identity subgroup among those meeting criteria for moderate-to-severe AUD or moderate-to-severe TUD.

Methods

We analyzed data from the National Epidemiologic Study of Alcohol and Related Conditions-III (2012-2013; n = 36,309). Our analyses focused on those meeting criteria for past-year moderate-to-severe AUD (n = 2341) and past-year moderate-to-severe TUD (n = 3675). Using multivariable linear regression, we examined associations of sex-speci

SUBMITTER: Evans-Polce RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10712285 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature