Department of Psychology, The City College of New York, New York, New York, USA.
PRIME Center for Health Equity, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
LGBT Health. 2022 Jul;9(5):359-367. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2021.0276. Epub 2022 May 18.
This study measured mental health disparities in a Bronx, New York sample of frontline health care workers collected May-July, 2020, during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using survey data ( = 741), we compared demographics, COVID-19 stressors, and adverse mental health outcomes between sexual and gender minority (SGM, = 102) and non-SGM ( = 639) health care workers through chi-square/Kruskal-Wallis tests, crude/adjusted odds, and prevalence ratios. SGM frontline health care workers had significantly higher depression, anxiety, impact of COVID-19, and psychological distress. Income (lower), age (younger), and COVID-19 stressors accelerated differences. Health care systems should support SGM frontline health care workers through affirming trauma-informed programming.
本研究测量了 2020 年 5 月至 7 月 COVID-19 大流行第一波期间在纽约布朗克斯区一线医护人员中采集的样本的心理健康差距。使用调查数据(= 741),我们通过卡方检验/克鲁斯卡尔-沃利斯检验、粗/调整比值和患病率比,比较了性少数和性别少数(SGM,= 102)和非性少数和性别少数(非 SGM,= 639)医护人员的人口统计学、COVID-19 压力源和不良心理健康结果。SGM 一线医护人员的抑郁、焦虑、COVID-19 影响和心理困扰显著更高。收入(较低)、年龄(较年轻)和 COVID-19 压力源加速了这些差异。医疗保健系统应通过支持以创伤为中心的项目来支持 SGM 一线医护人员。