Gender differences in the association between mental health status, hypertension, and emergency department visits in the United States

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ID4226751
AuthorsSylvia S Rozario (0000-0003-3788-3348, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, USA), Tamala Gondwe (0000-0002-9288-2113, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, USA), Juan Lu (0000-0002-5389-7603, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, USA)
Year2021
Volume26
Issue13
Pages2538-2551
Publication date2021-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105320909873
PMID32364408
OpenAlexW3023659076
LanguageEN
References cited21

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

Comorbidity · Emergency department · Health care · Health insurance · Logistic regression · Medical Expenditure Panel Survey · Mental health · Psychiatry · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Demography · Internal Medicine

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