Sexuality in Transmen During Hormone and Operative Treatment (Transmann)

Medical University of Graz

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Gender Identity Disorder; Sexuality; Gender Dysphoria; Body Image; Transsexualism

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03637920

30-087 ex 17/18

Details and patient eligibility

About

With this analysis the investigators aim at discovering a difference in sexuality between transmen, cissexual women and cissexual men. A potential impact of body satisfaction will also be explored. Furthermore the investigators want to assess the gender dysphoria in transmen.

Full description

The aim of the study is to investigate transmen's sexuality and body satisfaction during hormonal and surgical reassignment. Furthermore sexual orientation, sexual behavior and gender dysphoria will be assessed.

Therefore an online survey with five measurements throughout the gender reassignment treatment is conducted. As a matter of Routine, postoperative complications will be recorded retrospectively. To compare transmen's data with cisgender women and men we will be using data of the questionnaire's validation studies.

The following questionnaires are used:

Sexuality: Multidimensionaler Fragebogen zur Sexualität (Brenk-Franz & Strauß, 2011).

Sexual orientation: Fragebogen zur Sexualgeschichte und zum sexuellen Verhalten (Brenk, 2005) Gender dysphoria: Utrecht Gender Dysphoria Scale (Cohen-Kettenis & Van Goozen, 1997) Body image: Fragebogen zum Körperbild (Clement & Löwe, 1996) Sociodemographic questionnaire: age, education, work, living situation, relationship status, gender reassignment treatment so far, coming out Case report form

T0: baseline measurement (patient is at the start of the hormonal treatment or has already startet but has not undergone any gender reassignment surgery) T1: within 2 weeks before the mastectomy T2: 6 months (+/- 2 weeks) after mastectomy T3: 6 months (+/- 2 weeks) after colpectomy T4: 6 months (+/- 2 weeks) after the last gender reassignment surgery

Enrollment: 160 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Transsexualism (Female to Male) approved by a psychologist's oder psychiatrist's report
• good German skills
• fully competent
• good computer skills

Exclusion criteria

• insufficient German
• patient rejects the participation

Trial design

160 participants in 1 patient group

transmen

Description:

Biological women, who identify as men and are seeking gender reassignment.