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ArticleJPRAS open2023

Gender dysphoria: Quality of online information for gender reassignment surgery.

Federico Lo Torto, Francesco Rocco Mori, Edoardo Bruno, Giorgio Giacomini, Gianmarco Turriziani, Guido Firmani, Marco Marcasciano, Diego Ribuffo

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Article in JPRAS open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Federico Lo TortoDepartment of Surgery ''P.Valdoni'' - Unit of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Policlinico Umberto I, Giovanni Maria Lancisi Street, 2, Rome 00161, Italy.
Francesco Rocco MoriDepartment of Surgery ''P.Valdoni'' - Unit of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Policlinico Umberto I, Giovanni Maria Lancisi Street, 2, Rome 00161, Italy.
Edoardo BrunoDepartment of Surgery ''P.Valdoni'' - Unit of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Policlinico Umberto I, Giovanni Maria Lancisi Street, 2, Rome 00161, Italy.
Giorgio GiacominiDepartment of Surgery ''P.Valdoni'' - Unit of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Policlinico Umberto I, Giovanni Maria Lancisi Street, 2, Rome 00161, Italy.
Gianmarco TurrizianiDepartment of Surgery ''P.Valdoni'' - Unit of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Policlinico Umberto I, Giovanni Maria Lancisi Street, 2, Rome 00161, Italy.
Guido FirmaniDepartment of Surgery ''P.Valdoni'' - Unit of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Policlinico Umberto I, Giovanni Maria Lancisi Street, 2, Rome 00161, Italy.
Marco MarcascianoDepartment of Experimental and clinical medicine - Unit of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Università Magna Graecia di Catanzaro, Tommaso Campanella street, 115, Catanzaro 88100, Italy.
Diego RibuffoDepartment of Surgery ''P.Valdoni'' - Unit of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Policlinico Umberto I, Giovanni Maria Lancisi Street, 2, Rome 00161, Italy.
Policlinico Umberto I · ITMagna Graecia University · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An ever-increasing number of patients are using the Internet to learn about medical conditions. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of Internet-based patient information on gender reassignment surgery for people who suffer from gender dysphoria. Twenty websites identified using Google and Yahoo search engines were selected and evaluated based on the modified Ensuring Quality Information for Patients (EQIP) instrument (36 items). The EQIP tool comprises 36 questions to which the answer can be "yes" or "no". The final score for each website can be between 0 and 36. An overall score of 26 or above was considered high, because it co-related to the 72nd percentile. The average of the scores turned out to be 22.5 points, lower than our target; 7 (35%) sites were rated higher than the average and 13 (65%) were rated lower. The assessment of the websites included in the study showed a lack of information about the sequence of the medical procedures, perioperative criticalities and qualitative risks and side-effects descriptions. The overall quality of published information on gender reassignment surgery is very low. We believe that the Internet should not be used as the main source of medical information, and physicians should maintain the leadership in guiding patients affected by gender dysphoria. Level of Evidence: Level IV, case study.

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EQIP ToolGender dysphoriaGender reassignment surgeryOnline information

Identifiers

PMID37772032
PMCPMC10522961
OpenAlexW4386365571

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