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Physical Health Complaints Among Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexual and Homosexually Experienced Heterosexual Individuals: Results From the California Quality of Life Survey

American journal of public health (1971), 2007-11, Vol.97 (11), p.2048-2055 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2008 INIST-CNRS ;Copyright American Public Health Association Nov 1, 2007 ;American Journal of Public Health 2007 ;ISSN: 0090-0036 ;EISSN: 1541-0048 ;DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.087254 ;PMID: 17463371 ;CODEN: AJPEAG

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Title:
Physical Health Complaints Among Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexual and Homosexually Experienced Heterosexual Individuals: Results From the California Quality of Life Survey
Author: Cochran, Susan D ; Mays, Vickie M
Subjects: Adult ; Adults ; Aged ; Biological and medical sciences ; Bisexuality ; Bisexuality - statistics & numerical data ; California - epidemiology ; Cardiovascular disease ; Chronic illnesses ; Cohabitation ; Confounding Factors (Epidemiology) ; Disability ; Disabled Persons - statistics & numerical data ; Female ; Gays & lesbians ; Gender ; Health disparities ; Health insurance ; Health Status ; Health Status Indicators ; Health surveys ; Heterosexuality ; Heterosexuality - statistics & numerical data ; HIV ; HIV Infections - epidemiology ; Homosexuality, Female - statistics & numerical data ; Homosexuality, Male - statistics & numerical data ; Human immunodeficiency virus ; Humans ; Infections ; Logistic Models ; Male ; Medical sciences ; Mental disorders ; Middle Aged ; Miscellaneous ; Morbidity ; Multivariate Analysis ; Odds Ratio ; Perceptions ; Prevalence ; Public health ; Public health. Hygiene ; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine ; Public opinion ; Quality of Life ; Research and Practice ; Response rates ; Risk factors ; Sex Distribution ; Sexual behavior ; Sexual orientation ; Sexually transmitted diseases ; Smoking ; STD ; Stress, Psychological - epidemiology ; Stress, Psychological - etiology ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Womens health
Is Part Of: American journal of public health (1971), 2007-11, Vol.97 (11), p.2048-2055
Description: We examined evidence that minority sexual orientation is associated with more-frequent reports of physical health complaints. We also investigated the possible role of HIV infection among gay men and higher rates of psychological distress among lesbians, gay men, and bisexually and homosexually experienced heterosexual individuals in generating these health disparities. We used data from the California Quality of Life Survey (N=2272 adults) to examine associations between sexual orientation and self-reports about physical health status, common health conditions, disabilities, and psychological distress. Prevalent HIV infection was reported by nearly 18% of gay, bisexual, and homosexually experienced heterosexual men. Gay men and bisexual and homosexually experienced heterosexual individuals had higher levels of psychological distress compared with exclusively heterosexual individuals. Self-reported physical health status varied by gender and by sexual orientation. Lesbians and bisexual and homosexually experienced heterosexual women reported a greater variety of health conditions and limitations compared with exclusively heterosexual women; however, these differences mostly disappeared when distress levels were taken into account. Among men, differences in health complaints appeared to reflect the ongoing burden of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases in the gay male community.
Publisher: Washington, DC: Am Public Health Assoc
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0090-0036
EISSN: 1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.087254
PMID: 17463371
CODEN: AJPEAG
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
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Physical Health Complaints Among Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexual and Homosexually Experienced Heterosexual Individuals: Results From the California Quality of Life Survey

2008 INIST-CNRS ;Copyright American Public Health Association Nov 1, 2007 ;American Journal of Public Health 2007 ;ISSN: 0090-0036 ;EISSN: 1541-0048 ;DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.087254 ;PMID: 17463371 ;CODEN: AJPEAG

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