Female-to-male transgender quality of life
Journal Quality of Life Research
Publisher Springer Netherlands
ISSN 0962-9343 (Print) 1573-2649 (Online)
Subject Biomedical and Life Sciences
Status
DOI 10.1007/s11136-006-0002-3
Online Date Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Female-to-male transgender quality of life
Emily Newfield1, 5 , Stacey Hart2, Suzanne Dibble3 and Lori Kohler4
(1) School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA,
USA
(2) Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco,
CA, USA
(3) Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San
Francisco, CA, USA
(4) Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of
California, San Francisco, CA, USA
(5) School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA,
USA
Accepted: 30 March 2006 Published online: 7 June 2006
Abstract
Objectives: We evaluated health-related quality of life in
female-to-male (FTM) transgender individuals, using the Short-Form
36-Question Health Survey version 2 (SF-36v2).
Methods: Using email, Internet bulletin boards, and postcards, we
recruited individuals to an Internet site (http://www.transurvey.org),
which contained a demographic survey and the SF36v2. We enrolled 446
FTM transgender and FTM transsexual participants, of which 384 were
from the US.
Results: Analysis of quality of life health concepts demonstrated
statistically significant (p
Journal Quality of Life Research
Publisher Springer Netherlands
ISSN 0962-9343 (Print) 1573-2649 (Online)
Subject Biomedical and Life Sciences
Status
DOI 10.1007/s11136-006-0002-3
Online Date Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Female-to-male transgender quality of life
Emily Newfield1, 5 , Stacey Hart2, Suzanne Dibble3 and Lori Kohler4
(1) School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA,
USA
(2) Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco,
CA, USA
(3) Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San
Francisco, CA, USA
(4) Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of
California, San Francisco, CA, USA
(5) School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA,
USA
Accepted: 30 March 2006 Published online: 7 June 2006
Abstract
Objectives: We evaluated health-related quality of life in
female-to-male (FTM) transgender individuals, using the Short-Form
36-Question Health Survey version 2 (SF-36v2).
Methods: Using email, Internet bulletin boards, and postcards, we
recruited individuals to an Internet site (http://www.transurvey.org),
which contained a demographic survey and the SF36v2. We enrolled 446
FTM transgender and FTM transsexual participants, of which 384 were
from the US.
Results: Analysis of quality of life health concepts demonstrated
statistically significant (p
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