Mental Health among LGBTQ Cannabis Users During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of the COVID-19 Cannabis Health Study.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to compare the responses of LGBTQ cannabis consumers and their non-LGBTQ counterparts on anxiety, depression, substance use, and COVID-19 coping and stress during the pandemic. Data from an internet-survey of cannabis users during the COVID-19 pandemic were analyzed (N = 2,319). Approximately 18% of the sample identified as LGBTQ. Bivariate analyses were used to examine the relationship between LGBTQ identity and symptoms of anxiety and depression, substance use, and pandemic-related coping strategies and stressors. Logistic regression models were used to evaluate the association between pandemic stressors and coping strategies with LGBTQ identity, while adjusting for sex, age, and race and ethnicity. Differences in the proportion of medicinal cannabis u

SUBMITTER: Gattamorta KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9880987 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature