Explaining Disparities in Severe Headache and Migraine Among Sexual Minority Adults in the United States, 2013–2018

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• Alternative Title:
  J Nerv Ment Dis
• Personal Author:
  Heslin, Kevin C.
• Description:
  Previous work has not examined how the association of sexual orientation and severe headache/migraine may be explained by differences between sexual minorities and heterosexuals in sociodemographic and health-related characteristics. Using data from the 2013-2018 National Health Interview Survey, regression decomposition was used to identify determinants of disparities in headache/migraine between sexual minorities collectively and heterosexuals, as well as between bisexual men and gay men, and bisexual women and lesbians. The prevalence of headache/migraine was the highest among bisexual women (36.8%), followed by lesbians (24.7%), bisexual men (22.8%), heterosexual women (19.7%), gay men (14.8%), and heterosexual men (9.8%). Across all models, the largest percentage of the disparity between sexual orientation/gender groups was attributable to age (range, 18.3%-42.2%), serious psychological distress (range, 6.6%-14.0%), and hours of regular sleep (range, 1.7%-8.2%). Although age accounted for the largest part of the disparity in headache/migraine by sexual orientation, several modifiable risk factors also played a role.
• Subjects:
  Adult Age Factors Article Epidemiology Female Headache Health Disparities Health Status Disparities Health Surveys Humans Male Middle Aged Migraine Disorders National Health Interview Survey Prevalence Sexual And Gender Minorities United States

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• Source:
  J Nerv Ment Dis. 208(11):876-883
• Pubmed ID:
  32815888
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7606826
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  208
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha256:93238dc33ed65a7181a4778234cac211658fa61b9c36e5e3df93a1172eea6ae3
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