Sexual orientation and self-rated health: the role of social capital, offence, threat of violence, and violence

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作者
Axelsson, Jakob [1 ,2 ]
Moden, Birgit [1 ,2 ]
Rosvall, Maria [1 ,2 ]
Lindstrom, Martin [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Lund Univ, Malmo Univ Hosp, Dept Clin Sci, S-20502 Malmo, Mal, Sweden
[2] Lund Univ, Ctr Econ Demog, S-20502 Malmo, Mal, Sweden
基金
瑞典研究理事会;
关键词
Offence; self-rated health; sexual orientation; Sweden; social capital; violence; ILLICIT DRUG-USE; QUALITY-OF-LIFE; GAY MEN; PUBLIC-HEALTH; SUBSTANCE USE; LESBIANS; STIGMA; SAMPLE; GENDER; NEED;
D O I
10.1177/1403494813476159
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Objective: To study the association between sexual orientation and self-rated health, including trust, offence, threat of violence, and violence. Design/setting/participants/measurement: The 2008 Public Health Survey in Skane is a cross-sectional postal questionnaire study. A total of 28,198 persons aged 18-80 years responded (55%). Logistic regressions analysed the association between sexual orientation and self-rated health. Results: 27.4% of all men and 30.0% of all women rated their health as poor. Poor self-rated health was significantly more prevalent in higher age, among immigrants, people with lower education, low social support, low trust, experience of being offended, experience of threat of violence and violence, and bisexual and other orientation. Homosexual and bisexual men and women had higher age-adjusted odds ratios of having felt offended compared to heterosexual respondents. The odds ratios of low trust, threat of violence (men), and experience of violence (women) were significant for respondents with bisexual orientation but not for respondents with homosexual orientation. In the age-adjusted model, no significant association was observed between homosexual orientation and poor self-rated health among women. All other associations between sexual orientation and health were significant in the age-adjusted model but non-significant in the multiple models. Conclusions: Associations between sexual orientation and health disappear after multiple adjustments including trust and experience of offence, threat of violence, and violence. The study suggests that the group with bisexual orientation seems to be more exposed to low social capital (trust), threat of violence, and violence than the group with homosexual orientation.
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