Study on anxiety and depression of men who have sex with men: An application of group-based trajectory model

Frontiers in Psychology

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Dan Wu¹  Xiaoni Zhong¹  Ruibin Deng¹  Hong Pan¹  Yuwen Gao¹  Bing Lin¹  Xian Tang¹  Jianghong Dai⁴  Hao Liang⁵  Ailong Huang⁶ 

[1]Research Center for Medicine and Social Development, Chongqing Medical University

[2]Innovation Center for Social Risk Governance in Health, Chongqing Medical University

[3]Changzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention

[4]Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Xinjiang Medical University

[5]Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Guangxi Medical University

[6]Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Ministry of Molecular Biology

关键词: PrEP;    Anxiety;    Depression;    group-based trajectory model;    MSM;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.857203

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The prevalence of anxiety and depression are high among men who have sex with men (MSM), but limited studies focus on their development trends. This study examined the prevalence and influencing factors of anxiety and depression in HIV-negative MSM. 711 subjects were followed up every 24 weeks for 96 weeks. Group-based trajectory model was used to identify different development trends and logistic regression model was used to explore the influencing factors of different trajectories. Low, moderate, and high anxiety groups accounted for 32.56%, 56.12% and 11.32%; low, high depression groups accounted for 73.90% and 26.10%. High anxiety was associated with lower education degree, little HIV-related knowledge and other characteristics (more agreed that “HIV is a threat to me/my family”, had high frequency of seeking sexual partners through Internet, had a history of STD, felt discriminated against by doctors). High depression was associated with lower education degree, little HIV-related knowledge, bisexual and the following characteristics: felt that HIV infection rate of MSM around was high, more agreed that “HIV is a threat to me/my family”, had high frequency of seeking sexual partners through Internet and alcohol drinking, had a history of STD, felt being discriminated against by doctors and others. There is a heterogeneity in the development trends of anxiety and depression. We need strengthen intervention on mental health of MSM, especially those with high anxiety and depression development trends.

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