Sandfort Theo G M, Bakker Floor, Schellevis François G, Vanwesenbeeck Ine
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Dr, Unit 15, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2006 Jun;96(6):1119-25. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.058891. Epub 2006 May 2.
We sought to determine whether sexual orientation is related to mental and physical health and health behaviors in the general population.
Data was derived from a health interview survey that was part of the second Dutch National Survey of General Practice, carried out in 2001 among an all-age random sample of the population. Of the 19685 persons invited to participate, 65% took part in the survey. Sexual orientation was assessed in persons aged 18 years and older and reported by 98.2% of 9684 participants. The respondents' characteristics are comparable with those of the Dutch general population.
Gay/lesbian participants reported more acute mental health symptoms than heterosexual people and their general mental health also was poorer. Gay/lesbian people more frequently reported acute physical symptoms and chronic conditions than heterosexual people. Differences in smoking, alcohol use, and drug use were less prominent.
We found that sexual orientation was associated with mental as well as physical health. The causal processes responsible for these differences by sexual orientation need further exploration.
我们试图确定性取向是否与普通人群的身心健康及健康行为相关。
数据来源于一项健康访谈调查，该调查是2001年荷兰第二次全科医学全国调查的一部分，对所有年龄段的随机抽样人群进行。在受邀参与的19685人中，65%参与了调查。对18岁及以上人群的性取向进行了评估，9684名参与者中有98.2%进行了报告。受访者的特征与荷兰普通人群的特征具有可比性。
男同性恋/女同性恋参与者报告的急性心理健康症状比异性恋者更多，他们的总体心理健康状况也更差。男同性恋/女同性恋者比异性恋者更频繁地报告急性身体症状和慢性疾病。在吸烟、饮酒和吸毒方面的差异不太明显。
我们发现性取向与身心健康都有关联。性取向导致这些差异的因果过程需要进一步探索。
