Table 2.
Veteran mental health, support, and trauma by sexual orientation
| Bivariate analyses | Multivariate analyses | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||
| LGB Raw n (weighted %) |
Heterosexual Raw n (weighted %) |
LGB (Mean [SE] or AOR [95% CI]) |
Heterosexual (Mean [SE] or AOR [95% CI]) |
|
| Primary outcomes | ||||
| Lifetime Depression and/or PTSD*** | 43 (38.6%) | 571 (20.5%) | 1.44 (0.87-2.36) | 1.00 |
| Depression*** | 41 (34.1%) | 462 (16.5%) | 1.65 (0.99-2.73) | 1.00 |
| PTSD* | 17 (19.3%) | 282 (10.9%) | 0.97 (0.53-1.78) | 1.00 |
| Lifetime Suicide Attempt** | 20 (14.8%) | 140 (6.6%) | 1.54 (0.80-2.97) | 1.00 |
| Current Depression, PTSD, or Anxiety | 18 (16.3%) | 283 (11.6%) | 0.83 (0.43-1.59) | |
| Depression | 14 (12.5%) | 194 (12.5%) | 0.95 (0.47-1.93) | 1.00 |
| GAD | 10 (11.4%) | 188 (8.0%) | 0.81 (0.39-1.70) | 1.00 |
| PTSD | 8 (4.7%) | 148 (6.9%) | 0.37 (0.13-1.04) | 1.00 |
| Current Suicidal ideation* | 15 (16.1%) | 211 (9.4%) | 1.37 (0.74-2.55) | 1.00 |
| Potential mediatorsa | ||||
| Structural support*** | - | - | 13.37 (1.06) | 8.24 (0.33) |
| Functional support | - | - | 17.81 (0.54) | 18.36 (0.17) |
| Number of lifetime traumas | - | - | 3.59 (0.30) | 3.25 (0.09) |
Note. ANCOVAs for continuous variables (df=1,2919) and logistic regression analyses for dichotomous dependent variables (df=1) were used to compare the groups. Significant bivariate association with sexual orientation:
*
p<.05,
**
p<.01,
***
p<.001.
SE=standard error; AOR=Adjusted Odds Ratio. Analyses are adjusted for gender, age, education, marital status, retired status, and number of medical conditions.
a
Potential mediators for the age x sexual orientation interaction predicting mental health problems.