Davey-Rothwell Melissa A, German Danielle, Latkin Carl A
Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2213 McElderry Street, 2nd Floor, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
J Urban Health. 2008 Sep;85(5):707-16. doi: 10.1007/s11524-008-9294-7. Epub 2008 Jun 26.
Residential transience may contribute to adverse mental health. However, to date, this relationship has not been well-investigated among urban, impoverished populations. In a sample of drug users and their social network members (n = 1,024), we assessed the relationship between transience (frequently moving in the past 6 months) and depressive symptoms, measured by the CES-D, among men and women. Even after adjusting for homelessness, high levels of depressive symptoms were 2.29 [95%CI = 1.29-4.07] times more likely among transient men compared to nontransient men and 3.30 [95% CI = 1.10-9.90] times more common among transient women compared to nontransient women. Stable housing and mental health services need to be available, easily accessible, and designed so that they remain amenable to utilization under transient circumstances.
居住流动性可能会对心理健康产生不利影响。然而,迄今为止,这种关系在城市贫困人群中尚未得到充分研究。在一个由吸毒者及其社交网络成员组成的样本(n = 1024)中,我们评估了流动性(过去6个月频繁搬家)与通过CES-D测量的男性和女性抑郁症状之间的关系。即使在对无家可归情况进行调整之后,与非流动男性相比,流动男性出现高水平抑郁症状的可能性要高2.29倍[95%置信区间 = 1.29 - 4.07],与非流动女性相比,流动女性出现高水平抑郁症状的情况要普遍3.30倍[95%置信区间 = 1.10 - 9.90]。需要提供稳定的住房和心理健康服务,这些服务要易于获得,并设计得使其在流动情况下仍便于使用。