Disparities in Mental Health Care Access Among Persons Differing in Sexual Identity: Nationally Representative Findings.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The authors sought to describe disparities in three outcomes: self-reported mental health, need for mental health care, and barriers to care at the intersection of sexual identity and sex.

Methods

Data from the 2015 Association of American Medical Colleges Consumer Survey of Health Care Access (N=5,932) were analyzed in regression analyses to estimate relationships among sex, sexual identity, and all three outcomes.

Results

Compared with heterosexual men, bisexual women reported the poorest mental health (adjusted prevalence ratio [APR]=0.42, 95% confidence interval [CI]=0.35-0.51) and the greatest number of barriers to care (APR=2.29, 95% CI=1.77-2.97), whereas gay-lesbian women reported the most frequent need for care (APR=1.67, 95% CI=1.28-2.18).

Concl

SUBMITTER: Williams ND 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9213076 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature