Minority stress, health literacy and physical health in sexual minorities: An online survey study.

• Conditions: F32.0; Mild depressive episode

• Registration Number: DRKS00023658
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum Köln

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-01-28
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 350

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criterion is the question about sexual orientation or lifestyle (in the context of the socio-demographic survey): persons have the possibility to choose between the following self-identification: lesbian, gay and bisexual.
- Age: 18 years and older
- Sufficient knowledge of German to be able to understand and answer the questionnaires

Exclusion Criteria

- Persons whose sexual orientation is not lesbian, gay or bisexual, persons who are under 18 years of age; persons who do not have a sufficiently good knowledge of German to be able to understand and answer the questionnaires

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physical Health Status (Questionnaire: SF-36, Questionnaire on Health Status, Subscales on physical health status; single items on sick days and medication intake)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Psychological stress responses (Depression: PHQ, Anxiety: Beck's Anxiety Inventory); Resilience (Individual Level: Resilience Scale RS13 and Community Level: The LGBT Minority Stress Measure, Subscale Community Connectedness), Health Literacy (Subjective Health Literacy: HLS-EU-Q16)