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ArticleHealth and quality of life outcomes2018

Quality of life of men and women with gender identity disorder.

Banafsheh Torkian Valashany, Mohsen Janghorbani

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Article in Health and quality of life outcomes, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06939257 (Pain Outcomes Associated With Exogenous Hormone Therapy in Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT06939257 recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Pain Outcomes Associated With Exogenous Hormone Therapy in Adults

TypeobservationalSponsorUniversity of Kansas Medical CenterRan2025 to 2029Enrolled200ConditionsPain, Gender Minority Individuals
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Banafsheh Torkian ValashanySchool of Public Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Mohsen JanghorbaniSchool of Public Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. janghorbani@hlth.mui.ac.ir.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3024-3380
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

Isfahan University of Medical Sciences 394562
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe aim of this study was to evaluate the self-reported perceived quality of life (QoL) in female to male (FTM) and male to female (MTF) transgenders and compare it with a general population sample, and to find possible determinants that likely contribute to their QoL.

methodsParticipants were 71 trandgenders participating in the communities of Isfahan and Fars provinces, Iran, including 30 MTF and 41 FTM, and 142 gender- and age-matched controls. Persian version of the Short Form 36-Item Questionnaire was used to evaluate self-reported QoL, which measures QoL across eight domains.

resultsCompared to control group, the QoL of transgenders in the most dimensions of the SF-36 questionnaire was lower. MTF had a lower QoL than FTM for the subscale physical functioning (p = 0.044). There was a significant relationship between education and subscales of emotional well-being (p = 0.048) and social function (p = 0.008); economic status and physical function subscale (p = 0.003); employment status and physical function (p = 0.012) and social function subscales (p = 0.003). Compared to male controls, MTF transgenders had lower physical functioning (P < 0.001), role limitation due to physical health (P = 0.015), vitality (P = 0.023), social functioning (P < 0.001) and pain score (P = 0.044) and no significant differences between female controls and FTM transgenders were seen.

conclusionTransgenders have lower physical and mental QoL, FTM transgender has better QoL than MTF transgender. Employment, education, province of residence and economic status as well as therapeutic intervention is associated with transgender's QoL.

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AdultFemaleGender DysphoriaHumansIranMaleMental HealthMiddle AgedQuality of LifeSocioeconomic FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesTransgender PersonsTranssexualismFemale to male transgenderGender dysphoriaGender identity disorderHormone therapyMale to female transgenderQuality of lifeSex reassignment

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PMID30126432
PMCPMC6102794
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