Mental health and quality of life outcomes of gender-affirming surgery: A systematic literature review

J Swan, TM Phillips, T Sanders… - Journal of Gay & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Transgender individuals experience disproportionately higher rates of mental
health concerns and lower quality of life (QoL) than the general population. Gender-affirming …

A review of gender affirmation surgery: what we know, and what we need to know

AA Akhavan, S Sandhu, I Ndem, AA Ogunleye - Surgery, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Gender-affirmation surgery is a rapidly growing field in plastic surgery, urologic
surgery, and gynecologic surgery. These procedures offer significant benefit to patients in …

Implementation of patient-reported outcome measures for gender-affirming care worldwide: a systematic review

R Kamran, L Jackman, C Chan, Y Suk… - JAMA Network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Gender-affirming care is a key clinical area that can benefit from implementation
of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). Identifying barriers to and enablers of …

Quality of life, self-esteem, and depression among thai transgender women before and after male-to-female gender confirmation surgery: a prospective cohort …

T Chaovanalikit, K Wirairat, P Sriswadpong - Sexual medicine, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Previous studies have reported low quality of life scores and a high prevalence
of depression among transgender women in Thailand; however, there is still little research …

[HTML][HTML] Sexual and gender minority health in the Middle East and North Africa Region: A scoping review

S Abboud, C Veldhuis, S Ballout, F Nadeem… - International journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Researchers in studies from multiple countries suggest that sexual and gender
minority people experience high rates of violence, stigma, and discrimination, as well as …

Health-related quality of life among transgender and gender expansive youth at a rural gender wellness clinic

J O'Bryan, M Scribani, K Leon, N Tallman… - Quality of Life …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose To address a critical gap in the existing Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL)
literature by quantifying and describing HRQOL among transgender and gender expansive …

Prevalence of suicidal thoughts and attempts in the transgender population of the world: a systematic review and meta-analysis

P Kohnepoushi, M Nikouei, M Cheraghi… - Annals of general …, 2023 - Springer
Background The aim of this meta-analysis was to determine global pooled prevalence of
suicide thoughts and attempts in transgender population. Methods For doing comprehensive …

Quality of life and perceived social support before and after sex reassignment surgery

S Gümüşsoy, İ Hortu, N Alp Dal… - Clinical nursing …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This study aimed to explore the pre-and postoperative differences in quality of life and
perceived social support of Female-to-Male transsexual patients who underwent …

Systematic review of prospective adult mental health outcomes following affirmative interventions for gender dysphoria

L Shelemy, S Cotton, C Crane… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Many transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people experience high levels of
mental health difficulties. Different gender-affirmative interventions exist which aim to …

Lived religious and spiritual experiences of transgender people: A qualitative research in Iran

N Heidari, M Abdullahzadeh, SA Naji - Sexuality & Culture, 2021 - Springer
Gender dysphoria is dissatisfaction with biological sex. Since in some Muslim societies this
trait is often regarded as a taboo subject, a lack of information about the experiences of …