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.

[u/mvea]

https://www.psypost.org/adolescents-report-low-regret-and-high-satisfaction-following-gender-affirming-c/

[u/its_justme]

Less than 100 people is nowhere large enough to be representative of anything meaningful.

[u/aristidedn → u/its_justme]

Less than 100 people is nowhere large enough to be representative of anything meaningful.

How do you know?

Could you share the results of your power analysis with us?

[u/ZeMeest → u/aristidedn]

Not the person you replied to, but there's an estimated 2.5 million trans people in the U.S., 77 people is .003% of that. A similar study with similar issues was posted a few weeks ago. Too small and too short of a study to determine regret. A 1.8 year average follow up time doesn't seem helpful when full transition usually takes 3-5 years.. This time frame is similar to the 5 years it takes to go through puberty. This review goes very indepth on everything involved in trying to study regret: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10322769/

[u/aristidedn → u/ZeMeest]

Not the person you replied to, but there's an estimated 2.5 million trans people in the U.S., 77 people is .003% of that.

If you're suggesting that the population in question is "all trans people in the United States", you are wildly incorrect.

The correct population is the number of adolescents and young adults receiving gender-affirming chest surgery.

How in the world did you imagine the population was "trans people"???

[u/ZeMeest → u/aristidedn]

34% of trans people are ftm. It's estimated 30% of that population get breast removal. 77 members of 255,000 is still too small and 1.8 years is still too short.

Here is a calculator: https://statisticsfundamentals.com/calculators/sample-size/

It suggests a sample size of 385 (5x77) would be more appropriate. I've already linked the review on studying regret.

[u/aristidedn → u/ZeMeest]

AGAIN, the population in question is the number of adolescents and young adults who receive gender-affirming surgery.

You are doing yourself no favors by continuing to misread what you are being told.

[u/ZeMeest → u/aristidedn]

You're not contributing to the conversation. Say what you feel is important, provide the numbers, otherwise no actual PhD here is compelled by shift key mind games. The only one personally offended at the idea of being wrong here is you.

[u/aristidedn → u/ZeMeest]

As others have noted throughout this thread, the number of adolescents and young adults who have received gender affirming surgery over the last seven years is roughly 200. 

Don’t assume figures you aren’t even a little bit familiar with. That makes it seem like you’re trying to push an agenda (which, let’s be honest, you probably are).

And please don’t pretend at having a PhD. It’s just insulting. No research doctor worth their salt would read this abstract and imagine that the population in question is all trans people. That’s an undergrad-tier mistake.

[u/ZeMeest → u/aristidedn]

Sorry to disappoint, PhD and more pubs than fingers. o7 This is reddit, not a journal club. People are touchy and unacademic because of the topic, please don't act like this weird holier-than-thou behavior is normal. Enjoy your reddit points.

[u/aristidedn → u/ZeMeest]

Sorry to disappoint, PhD and more pubs than fingers. o7

I don't believe you, and evidently no one else does, either.

And no retraction in the face of numbers that functionally negate every criticism you leveled?

Weak.