Gender differences in the association between mental health status, hypertension, and emergency department visits in the United States
| Autor: | Juan Lu, Tamala Gondwe, Sylvia S. Rozario |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Health Status 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Sex Factors medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Association (psychology) Psychiatry Applied Psychology business.industry Mental Disorders Emergency department medicine.disease Mental illness Mental health Comorbidity humanities United States Hypertension Female business Emergency Service Hospital |
| Zdroj: | Journal of health psychology. 26(13) |
| ISSN: | 1461-7277 |
| Popis: | Hypertension has been found to be elevated in people with mental illness, and this comorbidity may lead to differential emergency department use by gender. Gender differences in this association were assessed using the 2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey ( n = 20,443). A combined effect variable for mental health and hypertension was created for stratified, multivariable logistic regression analysis. The likelihood of emergency department visits was higher for women compared to men in all categories of the combined effect variable. In particular, regardless of hypertension status, women with poor mental health had 35 percent and 39 percent increased likelihood of emergency department visits compared to men. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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