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ArticleJournal of assisted reproduction and genetics2024

Decision regret, and other mental health outcomes, following fertility preservation in the transgender individual compared to the cisgender woman.

Viji Sundaram, Brett Stark, Eleni Jaswa, Joseph Letourneau, Evelyn Mok-Lin

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Article in Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics, 2024. 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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  1. Postpartum Sterilization after a Preterm Delivery Is Not Associated with Decision Regret.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Viji SundaramFlorida Institute for Reproductive Medicine, 836 Prudential Dr, Suite 902, Jacksonville, FL, 32207, USA. viji.sundaram00@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9730-7564
Brett StarkUniversity of California, San Francisco, 499 Illinois St, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
Eleni JaswaUniversity of California, San Francisco, 499 Illinois St, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
Joseph LetourneauUniversity of Utah, 675 Arapeen Way, Salt Lake City, UT, 84108, USA.
Evelyn Mok-LinUniversity of California, San Francisco, 499 Illinois St, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
University of California, San Francisco · USPrudential Financial (United States) · USUniversity of Utah · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to (1) determine differences in depression, anxiety, body image, quality-of-life (QOL), and decision regret scale (DRS) scores in transgender individuals undergoing fertility preservation (FP) compared to those who decline and (2) determine if DRS score following FP varies between transgender individuals and cisgender women.

methodsSixteen transgender birth-assigned (BA) females and 13 BA males, undergoing FP consultation at an academic center between January 2016 and November 2019, were compared to each other and cisgender cohorts with pre-existing data: 201 women undergoing elective oocyte cryopreservation (EOC) between 2012 and 2016 and 44 women with cancer undergoing FP between 1993 and 2007. Outcomes included demographics; validated scales for depression, anxiety, body image, QOL (see below) in the trans cohort; DRS score in all three cohorts.

resultsOf 29 transgender individuals participating, 10 BA females (62%) and 12 BA males (92%) underwent FP. Beck Depression Inventory II, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Body Image Scale for Transsexuals, Satisfaction with Life Scale, Short Form Health Survey-36, and DRS scores were not significantly different between trans individuals who underwent FP and those who declined. On univariate modeling, regret was significantly lower in transpeople undergoing FP compared to those who did not (OR 0.118, p = 0.03). BA female and BA male transpatients undergoing FP reported DRS median scores 5 (mean 9) and 7.5 (mean 15), respectively, both were not significantly different from cisgender women (p = 0.97, p = 0.25) nor from each other (p = 0.43).

conclusionsDepression, anxiety, body image, and QOL, in a group of individuals presenting for FP consultation, appear similar between transpeople undergoing FP and not, while regret is significantly lower in those choosing FP. FP is an option for transgender individuals without significant differences in regret compared to cisgender women.

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Fertility PreservationMental HealthQuality of LifeTransgender PersonsAdultAnxietyBody ImageCryopreservationDecision MakingDepressionEmotionsFemaleHumansMaleDecision regretFertility preservationTransgender

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PMID38332415
PMCPMC11052947
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