Table 5 Associations of telemental health care utilization in adolescents endorsing suicidal thoughts and behaviors by sexual identity, 2021

From: Telemedicine disparities among adolescents with suicidal thoughts and behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic

Effects

Consider

Plan

Attempt

 

Heterosexual

Sexual minority

Heterosexual

Sexual minority

Heterosexual

Sexual minority

Race/Ethnicity

Am Indian/Alaskan Native/Native Hawaiian (AI/AN/NHPI)

0.227 (0.043– 1.204)

0.491 (0.134 –1.801)

0.492 (0.103– 2.339)

0.443 (0.090 –2.184)

0.671 (0.132– 3.404)

0.531 (0.114 –2.481)

Black

0.203 (0.070–0.590)

0.844 (0.354 –2.013)

0.557 (0.188– 1.647)

0.632 (0.288 –1.386)

0.023 (0.005–0.116)

0.912 (0.267 –3.122)

Hispanic/Latino

0.439 (0.122– 1.581)

0.230 (0.050 –1.053)

0.755 (0.215– 2.651)

0.413 (0.084 –2.026)

0.847 (0.161– 4.469)

0.194 (0.021 –1.781)

Multi-race Latino

0.660 (0.315– 1.382)

0.359 (0.204 –0.631)

0.700 (0.327– 1.496)

0.411 (0.210 –0.803)

0.442 (0.158– 1.240)

0.482 (0.200 –1.161)

Multi-race non-Latino

1.525 (0.436– 5.337)

1.451 (0.756 –2.785)

2.009 (0.386– 10.444)

2.067 (0.969 –4.410)

1.599 (0.189– 13.551)

2.915 (1.217 –6.980)

White

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Pandemic mental health not good

Always/Most of the time

1.408 (0.455– 4.362)

0.693 (0.229 –2.096)

1.496 (0.542– 4.133)

0.533 (0.144 –1.971)

1.913 (0.434– 8.429)

0.719 (0.193 –2.682)

Sometimes

0.720 (0.267– 1.941)

0.420 (0.186 –0.946)

0.299 (0.111–0.806)

0.448 (0.192 – 1.044)

1.121 (0.176–7.129)

0.418 (0.117 –1.500)

Never/Rarely

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Parental job loss

No

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Yes

1.022 (0.633– 1.652)

0.884 (0.550 –1.420)

0.663 (0.410– 1.073)

0.897 (0.541 –1.488)

0.456 (0.170– 1.220)

0.938 (0.434 –2.025)

Student job loss

No

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Yes

1.197 (0.658– 2.177)

2.034 (0.771 –5.364)

1.157 (0.586– 2.283)

3.206 (1.200 –8.565)

0.956 (0.343– 2.664)

4.589 (1.492 –14.111)

Food insecurity

No

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Yes

0.863 (0.476– 1.564)

0.824 (0.459 –1.480)

1.313 (0.612– 2.817)

0.969 (0.539 –1.743)

1.615 (0.586– 4.452)

0.805 (0.327 –1.980)

School work

No

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Yes

0.760 (0.399– 1.449)

0.655 (0.392 –1.097)

0.549 (0.295– 1.019)

0.912 (0.462 –1.801)

0.905 (0.408– 2.010)

0.897 (0.338 –2.380)

Parental emotional abuse

No

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Yes

1.410 (0.720– 2.762)

1.726 (0.707 –4.213)

1.243 (0.610– 2.533)

2.344 (0.720 –7.631)

1.245 (0.374– 4.141)

4.537 (1.069 –19.264)

Parental physical abuse

No

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Yes

1.419 (0.697– 2.890)

0.817 (0.486 –1.372)

1.636 (0.747– 3.586)

0.706 (0.394 –1.264)

0.947 (0.376– 2.382)

0.553 (0.262 –1.169)

Alcohol

No

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Yes

1.140 (0.654– 1.988)

1.289 (0.692 –2.401)

1.316 (0.614– 2.821)

1.711 (0.866 –3.380)

0.881 (0.402– 1.927)

1.179 (0.561 –2.477)

Drugs

No

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Yes

1.439 (0.866– 2.389)

0.952 (0.531 –1.708)

1.459 (0.712– 2.989)

1.025 (0.539 –1.946)

1.271 (0.527– 3.068)

0.811 (0.331 –1.990)

Connectedness

No

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Yes

0.778 (0.424– 1.427)

0.753 (0.450 –1.261)

0.975 (0.538– 1.770)

0.695 (0.395 - 1.222)

0.898 (0.358 - 2.252)

0.829 (0.367 - 1.872)

  1. Boldface indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05).