ArticleJournal of endocrinological investigation2015
Quality of life and hormones after sex reassignment surgery.
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- Quality of life of treatment-seeking transgender adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2018Pooled it
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- Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8.International journal of transgender health · 2022Article
- Male-to-Female Gender-Affirming Surgery: 20-Year Review of Technique and Surgical Results.Frontiers in surgery · 2021Article
- Physical and Sociodemographic Features Associated With Quality of Life Among Transgender Women and Men Using Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Qualitative socioecological factors of cervical cancer screening use among transgender men.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- Quality of Life Following Male-To-Female Sex Reassignment Surgery.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2019Review
- Supporting sexuality and improving sexual function in transgender persons.Nature reviews. Urology · 2019Review
- Quality of life of men and women with gender identity disorder.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2018Article
- Sexuality after Male-to-Female Gender Affirmation Surgery.BioMed research international · 2018Article
- The importance of communicating histories of gender assignment and reassignment to genetic laboratories.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2017Article
- Quality of life improves early after gender reassignment surgery in transgender women.European journal of plastic surgery · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundTranspeople often look for sex reassignment surgery (SRS) to improve their quality of life (QoL). The hormonal therapy has many positive effects before and after SRS. There are no studies about correlation between hormonal status and QoL after SRS.
aimTo gather information on QoL, quality of sexual life and body image in transpeople at least 2 years after SRS,to compare these results with a control group and to evaluate the relations between the chosen items and hormonal status. SUBJECTS AND
methodsData from 60 transsexuals and from 60 healthy matched controls were collected. Testosterone,estradiol, LH and World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-100) self-reported questionnaire were evaluated. Student’s t test was applied to compare transsexuals and controls. Multiple regression model was applied to evaluate WHOQOL’s chosen items and LH.
resultsThe QoL and the quality of body image scores intranspeople were not statistically different from the matched control groups’ ones. In the sexual life subscale,transwomen’s scores were similar to biological women’s ones, whereas transmen’s scores were statistically lower than biological men’s ones (P = 0.003). The quality of sexual life scored statistically lower in transmen than intranswomen (P = 0.048). A significant inverse relationship between LH and body image and between LH and quality of sexual life was found.
conclusionsThis study highlights general satisfaction after SRS. In particular, transpeople’s QoL turns out to be similar to Italian matched controls. LH resulted inversely correlated to body image and sexual life scores.
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