Socio-demographic Profile of Older Adults with HIV/AIDS: Gender and Sexual Orientation Differences
Socio-demographic Profile of Older Adults with HIV/AIDS: Gender and Sexual Orientation Differences
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DOI：
10.1017/s0714980813000068
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Rueda, Sergio
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作者：
Brennan, David J.;Emlet, Charles A.;Rueda, Sergio
利用安大略艾滋病毒治疗网络队列研究收集的数据，本研究的主要目标是描述来自安大略（n = 1，129）艾滋病毒/艾滋病（PHA）患者的老年人（50岁及以上）样本的社会人口学特征。第二个目标是比较老年PHA的四个子样本：女性（10.6%），异性恋男性（16.7%），同性恋男性（65.8%）和双性恋男性（6.9%）。这些群体在年龄、教育、收入、国籍、种族和感染艾滋病毒的时间上有很大差异。与其他群体相比，男同性恋和双性恋男性（GBM）报告较低的艾滋病毒的耻辱，披露耻辱，负面的自我形象的耻辱，并与公众的态度耻辱的关注。GBM还报告了更高的心理健康生活质量，更低的抑郁评分和更低的适应不良应对评分。这些研究结果表明，为老年PHAs提供的服务，包括对艾滋病毒和老年医学提供者的培训，可能需要满足这些亚人群的具体需求。
Using data collected by the Ontario HIV Treatment Network Cohort Study, the primary goal of this study was to describe the socio-demographic characteristics of a sample of older people (age 50 and over) from Ontario (n = 1,129) living with HIV/AIDS (PHAs). The secondary goal was to compare four sub-samples of older PHAs: women (10.6%), heterosexual men (16.7%), gay men (65.8%), and bisexual men (6.9%). These groups differed significantly by age, education, income, nationality, race, and time spent living with HIV. Compared to other groups, gay and bisexual men (GBM) reported lower HIV stigma, disclosure stigma, negative self-image stigma, and concern with public attitude stigma. GBM also reported higher mental health quality of life, lower depression scores, and lower maladaptive coping scores. These findings suggest that services for older PHAs, including training for HIV and gerontological providers, may need to cater to the specific needs of these sub-populations.