Simon Fraser University, Canada; BC Centre for Disease Control, Canada; Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity, Canada.
BC Centre for Disease Control, Canada.
Prev Med. 2021 Dec;153:106789. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106789. Epub 2021 Sep 8.
We investigated self-reported mental health during the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic (March-May 2020), using a survey of HIV-testing and sexual health service clients from British Columbia, Canada (N = 1198). Over half (55%) reported their mental health as poor at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than double that of the general Canadian population in the same time frame (22%). Acknowledging that this burden of poor mental health that is likely to persist in the coming years, we propose that sexual health clinics should facilitate access to mental health supports as a low-barrier point of primary care contact.
我们调查了 COVID-19 大流行头三个月(2020 年 3 月至 5 月)期间的自我报告心理健康状况,调查对象为来自加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省的 HIV 检测和性健康服务客户(N=1198)。超过一半(55%)的人报告在 COVID-19 大流行开始时他们的心理健康状况较差,是同一时期加拿大普通人群的两倍多(22%)。鉴于这种不良心理健康状况的负担可能会在未来几年持续存在,我们建议性健康诊所应作为初级保健接触的低门槛点,为获取心理健康支持提供便利。