Quality of Life and Perceived Social Support Before and After Sex Reassignment Surgery

Süreyya Gümüşsoy, İsmet Hortu, Nursel Alp Dal, Sevgül Dönmez and Ahmet Mete Ergenoğlu

Clinical Nursing Research, 2022, vol. 31, issue 3, 481-488

Abstract: 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 mastectomy and complete hysterectomy. Sixty-three Female-to-Male female individuals who underwent complete hysterectomy and mastectomy between November 2019 and November 2020 were included in this study. Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale Short Form. The pre- and postoperative perceived social support mean scores of patients were 57.2 ± 9.0 and 74.9 ± 7.3, respectively. The pre- and postoperative quality of life mean scores of patients were 76.9 ± 8.3 and 107.8 ± 10.1, respectively. There were statistically significant differences between the measurements ( p  

Keywords: quality of life; perceived social support; female-to-male transsexuals; mastectomy; hysterectomy; sex reassignment surgery (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/10547738211040636

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