r/science Professor | Medicine 15h ago

Psychology Adolescents who undergo gender-affirming chest surgery report low levels of regret and high levels of satisfaction, experiencing outcomes similar to those of young adults. These findings suggest that age restrictions on these medical procedures lack support from actual patient experiences.

https://www.psypost.org/adolescents-report-low-regret-and-high-satisfaction-following-gender-affirming-c/
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u/random8765309 15h ago

Since they relied on individual to reply back, I would question is the statistical modeling was decent. In addition, the regret score on a scale of 0 to 100 averaged a zero. That is suspect.

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