Psychosocial assessment in transgender adolescents

OBJECTIVESTo evaluate the psychosocial status of the patients who attend a paediatric endocrinology clinic due to gender incongruity (GI), and to establish the impact on this after one-year of cross hormonal therapy (CHT). MATERIAL AND METHODSAn analytical and prospective study conducted on adolesce...

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Published in:Anales de Pediatría 2020-07, Vol.93 (1), p.41-48
Main Authors: López de Lara, Diego, Pérez Rodríguez, Olga, Cuellar Flores, Isabel, Pedreira Masa, José Luis, Campos-Muñoz, Lucía, Cuesta Hernández, Martín, Ramos Amador, José Tomás
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Language:eng ; spa
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Summary:OBJECTIVESTo evaluate the psychosocial status of the patients who attend a paediatric endocrinology clinic due to gender incongruity (GI), and to establish the impact on this after one-year of cross hormonal therapy (CHT). MATERIAL AND METHODSAn analytical and prospective study conducted on adolescents between 14 and 18 years old with GI, and who attended the Endocrinology clinic during 2018-2019. The sample included 23 transgender cases (16 male and 7 female cases) and 30 cisgender controls. Study variables were collected at T0 (pre-treatment) and T1 (after one year of CHT) and included sociodemographic data, Utrecht test, SDQ-Cas test, family APGAR test, STAI scale-anxiety Grade, and BDI-II depression assessment test. RESULTSA significant improvement (P
ISSN:2341-2879
DOI:10.1016/j.anpedi.2020.01.019