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Perceived discrimination, health and wellbeing among middle-aged and older lesbian, gay and bisexual people: a prospective study

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posted on 2023-08-30, 16:14 authored by Sarah E. Jackson, Ruth Hackett, Igor Grabovac, Lee Smith, Andrew Steptoe
Objective: To examine cross-sectional and prospective associations between perceived discrimination in daily life (based on a range of attributes), sexual orientation discrimination, and health and wellbeing in middle-aged and older lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people. Methods: Data were from 304 LGB men and women aged 41-85 years participating in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Perceived everyday discrimination was reported in 2010/11. Participants could attribute their discrimination experience to characteristics including age, sex, race, physical disability, and sexual orientation. Self-rated health, limiting long-standing illness, depressive symptoms, quality of life, life satisfaction and loneliness were assessed in 2010/11 and 2016/17. Analyses adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, partnership status and socioeconomic position. Results: Perceived everyday discrimination was reported by 144 (47.4%) participants. Cross-sectionally, perceived everyday discrimination was associated with increased odds of depressive symptoms (OR=2.30, 95% CI 1.02 to 5.21), loneliness (OR=3.37, 95% CI 1.60 to 7.10) and lower quality of life (B=-3.31, 95% CI -5.49 to -1.12). Prospectively, perceived everyday discrimination was associated with increased odds of loneliness (OR=3.12, 95% CI 1.08 to 8.99) and lower quality of life (B=-2.08, 95% CI -3.85 to -0.31) and life satisfaction (B=-1.92, 95% CI -3.44 to -0.39) over six-year follow-up. Effect sizes were consistently larger for participants who attributed experiences of discrimination to their sexual orientation compared with those who attributed experiences of discrimination to other reasons (e.g. age, sex, race). Conclusion: These results provide cross-sectional and prospective evidence of associations between perceived discrimination in daily life and health and wellbeing outcomes in middle-aged and older LGB adults in England.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

14

Issue number

5

Page range

e0216497

Publication title

PLOS ONE

ISSN

1932-6203

Publisher

Public Library of Science

File version

  • Accepted version

Language

  • eng

Legacy posted date

2019-04-24

Legacy creation date

2019-04-24

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

Faculty of Science & Engineering

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