TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Prevalence of self-inflicted injuries among transgender and gender diverse adolescents and young adults compared to their peers: an examination of interaction with mental health morbidity
JO  - Annals of epidemiology
A1  - Pampati, Sanjana
A1  - Dana Flanders, W.
A1  - Zhang, Qi
A1  - Ahmedani, Brian K.
A1  - Bhasin, Shalender
A1  - Getahun, Darios
A1  - Lash, Timothy L.
A1  - McCracken, Courtney
A1  - Sandberg, David E.
A1  - Silverberg, Michael J.
A1  - Tangpricha, Vin
A1  - Vupputuri, Suma
A1  - Goodman, Michael
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - PURPOSE: Compare occurrence of self-inflicted injuries among transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth to that of their cisgender peers while accounting for mental health diagnoses. <br><br>METHODS: Review of electronic health records from three integrated health care systems identified 1087 transfeminine and 1431 transmasculine adolescents and young adults. Poisson regression was used to calculate prevalence ratios comparing the proportion of TGD participants with at least one self-inflicted injury (a surrogate for suicide attempt) before index date (first evidence of TGD status) to the corresponding proportions in presumed cisgender male and female referents matched on age, race/ethnicity and health plan. Interactions between gender identities and mental health diagnoses were assessed on multiplicative and additive scales. <br><br>RESULTS: In cisgender persons, self-inflicted injuries were concentrated among those with multiple mental health diagnoses. In contrast, the prevalence of self-inflicted injuries among TGD adolescents and young adults was high even in the absence of mental health diagnoses. <br><br>RESULTS were consistent with positive additive interaction and negative multiplicative interaction. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Universal suicide prevention efforts for all youth, including those with no mental health diagnoses, and more intensive suicide prevention efforts for TGD adolescents and young adults and those with at least one mental health diagnosis are warranted.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1047-2797
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2023.03.003
ID  - ref1
ER  -