Additional file 1: of Intimate relationship characteristics as determinants of HIV risk among men who have sex with regular male sex partners: a cross-sectional study in Guangzhou, China

Dataset. Intimate relationship and UAI among MSM in Guangzhou, China. (XLS 177 kb

Sex Partnership and Self-Efficacy Influence Depression in Chinese Transgender Women: A Cross-Sectional Study

<div><p>Background</p><p>Transgender women often suffer from transition-related discrimination and loss of social support due to their gender transition, which may pose considerable psychological challenges and may lead to a high prevalence of depression in this population. Increased self-efficacy may combat the adverse effects of gender transition on depression. However, few available studies have investigated the protective effect of self-efficacy on depression among transgender women, and there is a scarcity of research describing the mental health of Chinese transgender women. This study aims to describe the prevalence of depression among Chinese transgender women and to explore the associated factors.</p><p>Methods</p><p>A cross-sectional study was conducted in Shenyang, Liaoning Province of China by convenience sampling from January 2014 to July 2014. Two hundred and nine Chinese transgender women were interviewed face-to-face with questionnaires that covered topics including the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), demographic characteristics, transition status, sex partnership, perceived transgender-related discrimination, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) and the adapted General Self-efficacy Scale (GSES). A hierarchical multiple regression analysis was performed to explore the factors associated with SDS scores.</p><p>Results</p><p>The prevalence of depression among transgender women was 45.35%. Transgender women with regular partners or casual partners exhibited higher SDS scores than those without regular partners or casual partners. Regression analyses showed that sex partnership explained most (16.6%) of the total variance in depression scores. Self-efficacy was negatively associated with depression.</p><p>Conclusions</p><p>Chinese transgender women experienced high levels of depression. Depression was best predicted by whether transgender women had a regular partner or a casual partner rather than transgender-related discrimination and transition status. Moreover, self-efficacy had positive effects on attenuating depression due to gender transition. Therefore, interventions should focus on improving the sense of self-efficacy among these women to enable them to cope with depression and to determine risky sex partnership characteristics, especially for regular and casual partners.</p></div

Additional file 1: of Attitudes towards suicide in urban and rural China: a population based, cross-sectional study

Appendix 1. Scale of Public Attitudes about Suicide (SPAS) (translated from the original Chinese). (DOCX 16 Kb

The hierarchical multiple regression models of SDS.

<p>Note</p><p>*<b><i>P</i> <0.05</b></p><p>** <b><i>P</i> <0.01</b>(two-tailed).</p><p>The hierarchical multiple regression models of SDS.</p

Correlation of SDS and related factors.

<p>Note</p><p>*<b><i>P</i> <0.05</b></p><p>** <b><i>P</i> <0.01</b>(two-tailed)</p><p>Correlation of SDS and related factors.</p