ArticleFrontiers in public health2021
Profiles of Depressive Symptoms Among Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women During the COVID-19 Outbreak in Mexico: A Latent Class Analysis.
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- The impact of stress experienced by sexual minorities on depression among chinese men who have sex with men: an analysis of the mediating effects of social support and intimate partner violence.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Sexual behaviors and access to HIV services during the COVID-19 pandemic among cisgender men who have sex with men in Lima, Peru.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Adverse childhood experiences among black sexually minoritized men and Black transgender women in Chicago.International journal for equity in health · 2024Article
- Depressive symptoms, perceived social support, and anticipated HIV stigma among HIV-negative/unknown men who have sex with men in China during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multicenter online cross-sectional study.Brain and behavior · 2023Article
- Psychological Status of Men Who Have Sex with Men during COVID-19: An Online Cross-Sectional Study in Western China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Study on anxiety and depression of men who have sex with men: An application of group-based trajectory model.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Factors Predicting COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in China: An Observational Prospective Cohort Study.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Psychological Distress and Happiness of Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender People During the Coronavirus Disease-19 Pandemic: Is There a Need for Public Health Policy Intervention?Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Network Structure and Community Evolution Online: Behavioral and Emotional Changes in Response to COVID-19.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on mental health among HIV high-risk populations is not known. We assess the prevalence of depressive symptoms (DS) and explore the association with characteristics related to the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted an online survey among 881 men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TGW) assessing the presence of DS using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CESD-10); results were compared with previously self-reported DS and national data. We applied latent class analysis (LCA) to identify classes of participants with similar COVID-19 related characteristics. The overall prevalence of significant DS was 53.3%. By LCA posterior probabilities we identified three classes: (1) minimal impact of COVID-19 (54.1%), (2) objective risk for COVID-19 (41.5%), and (3) anxiety and economic stress caused by COVID-19 (4.4%). Multivariate logistic regression showed that compared with those in class one, the odds to have significant DS were almost five times higher for those in class three. Our findings suggest high levels of depression among MSM and TGW in Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic and highlight the need for the provision of targeted psychological interventions to minimize the impacts of COVID-19 on the mental health.
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