SynthesisHealth and quality of life outcomes2020
Quality of life in people with transsexuality after surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Do hormones and surgery improve the health of adults with gender incongruence? A systematic review of patient reported outcomes.ANZ journal of surgery · 2025Pooled it
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- Gender-Affirmation Surgery in Denmark: A Nationwide Register-Based Cohort Study.Transgender health · 2025Article
- Patient-centered outcomes on preparing for and undergoing gender-affirming phalloplasty: a qualitative, descriptive study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Sexual satisfaction and function (SatisFunction) survey post-vaginoplasty for transgender and gender diverse individuals: preliminary development and content validity for future clinical use.Sexual medicine · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the quality of life among transgender men before and after gender reassignment surgery: a survey from Iran.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
- The landscape of Medicare policies for gender-affirming surgeries in Canada: an environmental scan.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Pain mechanisms in the transgender individual: a review.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Patient Experiences and Provider Perspectives on Accessing Gender-Affirming Surgical Services in the Veterans Health Administration.Journal of general internal medicine · 2023Article
- Partial Regret After Gender Affirmation Surgery of a 35-Year-Old Taiwanese Transgender Woman.Archives of sexual behavior · 2023Article
- Investigating the Relationship between Early Maladaptive Schemas and Sexual Self-Confidence and Sexual Self-Efficacy in Individuals with Gender Dysphoria.Advanced biomedical research · 2023Article
- Quality of Life, Self-Esteem, and Depression Among Thai Transgender Women Before and After Male-to-Female Gender Confirmation Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Observational Study.Sexual medicine · 2022Article
- Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8.International journal of transgender health · 2022Article
- Gender-affirmation surgery and bariatric surgery in transgender individuals in The Netherlands: Considerations, surgical techniques and outcomes.International journal of transgender health · 2022Article
- Surgical satisfaction and quality of life outcomes reported by transgender men and women at least one year post gender-affirming surgery: A systematic literature review.International journal of transgender health · 2022Review
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundSeveral reports have demonstrated varying results on the quality of life (QoL) of the transgender population. Therefore, the aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis about the quality of life (QoL) of individuals during the post transsexual surgery period.
methodsWe searched major biomedical electronic databases, including Scopus, Google Scholar, Psychological Information Database (PsycInfo), Web of Science, PubMed, Excerpta Medica dataBASE (EMBASE), and ProQuest, for all relevant literature published in English up to December 2019. The included papers required to be cross sectional studies that reported quality of life in people with transsexuality post surgery. After selecting eligible studies, 2 authors extracted data of each study independently and resolved any inconsistency by consensus with the third reviewer. The risk of bias was assessed by 2 independent research experts by the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS).
resultsIn this study, out of 497 articles extracted from the initial investigation, 8 articles with 1099 patients were ultimately selected for meta-analysis. The pooled mean of quality of life in transsexual individuals was obtained to be 70.45 (95%CI 55.87-85.03) and 59.17 (95%CI 48.59-69.74), based on World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQoL-BREF) and The 36-item short form of the Medical Outcomes Study questionnaire (SF36), respectively. Also, the results of the subgroup analysis for the weighted mean quality of life in male to female and female to male showed that the mean quality of life in female to male was 57.54 (95%CI 42.24-72.84) and it was 62.47 (95%CI 45.94-79.00) in male to female, based on SF36 questionnaire. Moreover, the weighted mean quality of life in female to male was 69.99 (95%CI 43.76, 96.23) and it was 70.65 (95%CI 53.11, 88.19) in male to female, based on WHOQoL-BREF questionnaire.
conclusionThe results of this systematic review may support the approaches to transsexuality that facilitates sex reassignment. In this review, the means of quality of life after surgery were not compared to the means of quality of life before surgery or even before hormonal therapy which was due to inadequate number of primary studies.
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