Results—surveys with concurrent control
| Source (date) | Outcome | Lesbian | Gay | Bisexual | Heterosexual/ comparator | Trans male and trans female | Cis male and cis female comparator |
| Barnardo’s (Sept 2020) | Mental health significant obstacle | NR | NR | NR | N/A | 34.3% | Girls 14.3% Boys 13.2% |
| Feel lonely or isolated all of the time | NR | NR | NR | N/A | 39.2% | Girls 15.0% Boys 14.0% | |
| Support need to improve mental health —help from GPs/doctors | NR | NR | NR | N/A | 36.2% | Girls 12.2% Boys 8.5% | |
| Support need to improve mental health —alcohol/drug use support | NR | NR | NR | N/A | 21.9% | Girls 3.6% Boys 8.1% | |
| Healthwatch Together (June/July 2020) | Suffered with mental health issues | 65% (LGB) | 32% | NR | NR | ||
| Impact of COVID-19 on their mental health (score 0 (better)—100 (worse)) | 54 (LGB) | 37 | NR | NR | |||
| Outlife (June 2020) | Depression ‘often’, ‘very often’ or ‘every day’ | 64.3% | 50.9% | 64.5% | 54.2% | 75.7% | 56.2% |
| Anxiety ‘often’, ‘very often’ or ‘every day’ | 67.5% | 56.6% | 70.5% | 50.0% | 77.0% | 62.2% | |
| Loneliness ‘often’, ‘very often’ or ‘every day’ | 75.7% | 58.8% | 75.6% | 75% | 79.3% | 68.3% | |
| Self-harm ‘often’, ‘very often’ or ‘every day’ | 16.0% | 6.6% | 15.3% | 20.8% | 21.6% | 11.3% | |
| Alcohol ‘a few times a week’ or ‘every day’ | 22.8% | 32.6% | 20.5% | 22.7% | 20.2% | 25.2% | |
| Exercise once per month or less | 16.6% | 21.0% | 18.5% | 26.1% | 21.6% | 18.4% | |
| Domestic violence | 13.5% | 8.9% | 14.9% | 13.0% | 22.1% | 12.1% | |
| At risk of homelessness | 7.9% | 9.7% | 8.9% | 5.3% | 12.4% | 7.7% | |
GPs, general practitioners; N/A, not applicable; NR, not reported.