Table 2. Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale and Self-Report Questionnaire Scale results according to sociodemographic characteristics in the LGBTQIAP+ population – Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, 2020.
GAD-7 | p-value a | SRQ-20 | p-value a | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative (0–4) n (%) |
Positive (5–21) n (%) |
Negative n (%) |
Positive n (%) |
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Age | <0.01 | <0.01 | ||||
< 30 years old | 43 (11.1) | 345 (88.9) | 125 (32) | 266 (68) | ||
31–40 years old | 24 (15.7) | 129 (84.3) | 71 (43.5) | 85 (54.5) | ||
> 40 years old | 22 (37.3) | 13 (22.0) | 44 (72.1) | 17 (27.9) | ||
Schooling level | 0.13 | 0.2 | ||||
High School or lower | 3 (7) | 40 (93.0) | 13 (29.5) | 31 (70.5) | ||
Tertiary or higher | 86 (15.4) | 471 (84.6) | 227 (40.2) | 337 (59.8) | ||
Sexual orientation | 0.17 | <0.01 | ||||
Gay | 59 (16.8) | 292 (83.2) | 164 (46.1) | 192 (53.9) | ||
Lesbian | 14 (14.6) | 82 (85.4) | 35 (35.7) | 63 (64.3) | ||
Bisexual | 13 (10) | 117 (90.0) | 34 (26.0) | 97 (74.0) | ||
Race/Ethnicity | 0.58 | 0.28 | ||||
White | 65 (14.4) | 387 (85.6) | 176 (38.5) | 281 (61.5) | ||
Black/Brown | 24 (16.2) | 124 (22.3) | 62 (43.7) | 80 (56.3) | ||
Religion | 0.19 | <0.01 | ||||
Yes | 44 (17.0) | 215 (83.0) | 127 (48.8) | 135 (51.5) | ||
No | 45 (13.2) | 296 (86.8) | 113 (32.7) | 233 (67.3) | ||
Relationship status | 0.12 | 0.60 | ||||
Single | 45 (14.8) | 260 (85.2) | 126 (40.6) | 184 (59.4) | ||
Dating | 16 (10.7) | 133 (89.3) | 54 (36.0) | 96 (64.0) | ||
Married | 28 (19.2) | 118 (80.8) | 60 (40.5) | 88 (59.5) | ||
Access to health services | 0.46 | 0.04 | ||||
Public | 31 (13.5) | 199 (86.5) | 80 (34.2) | 154 (65.8) | ||
Private | 58 (15.7) | 312 (84.3) | 160 (42.8) | 214 (57.4) | ||
Employment status | 0.03 | 0.25 | ||||
Formal | 55 (16.8) | 273 (83.2) | 140 (42.2) | 192 (57.8) | ||
Informal | 19 (19.4) | 79 (80.6) | 40 (40.0) | 60 (60.0) | ||
Unemployed | 4 (8.9) | 41 (91.1) | 13 (28.9) | 32 (71.1) | ||
Student | 10 (7.8) | 118 (92.2) | 46 (35.4) | 84 (64.6) | ||
Medical condition | 0.16 | <0.01 | ||||
No | 73 (15.3) | 476 (84.7) | 208 (43.0) | 276 (57) | ||
Yes | 16 (12.9) | 108 (87.1) | 32 (25.8) | 92 (74.2) | ||
HIV-positive | 0.49 | <0.01 | ||||
No | 78 (14.3) | 468 (85.7) | 31 (57.4) | 23 (42.6) | ||
Yes | 11 (20.4) | 43 (79.6) | 209 (37.7) | 345 (62.3) |
aChi-square test.
GAD-7, Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale; SRQ-20, Self-Report Questionnaire Scale; HIV, Human immunodeficiency virus.