COVID-19 stressors and symptoms of depression and anxiety among Black cisgender sexual minority men and Black transgender women during the initial peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine associations between COVID-19-related stressors and symptoms of depression and anxiety in Black cisgender sexual minority men (SMM) and transgender women during the initial peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

Participants from the N2 Cohort Study comprised Black cisgender SMM and Black transgender women in Chicago, IL, completed a face-to-face video or phone interview between April 20 and July 31, 2020. The survey included 18 measures of individual, network, and structural COVID-19 stressors such as income loss, network COVID-19 diagnoses, and housing loss, as well as 5 outcome measures: anxiety, depression, loneliness, worry and hope.

Results

Of 226 participants, 56.6% experienced anxiety on at least 1 of the last 14 days, 48.7% experienced depr

SUBMITTER: Timmins L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9030680 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature