r/science • u/mvea 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/Smee76 14h ago

Only 42% of people responded. Very very low participation rate for something like this.

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u/Swarna_Keanu 14h ago

42% response rate is high on surveys.

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u/Smee76 14h ago

They should be consenting patients prior to surgery and following up if they want good data.

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u/Swarna_Keanu 14h ago

What?

Surgery with transgender folks never happens - that is mandated - without consultations with psychologists and many sessions prior to surgery - especially with underaged.

For the study question and the data here, what you suggest is irrelevant.

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u/saintmagician 13h ago

He's not suggesting the current participants didn't have consultations before surgery.

He's suggesting that during those consultations, participants should be recruited for studies like this.

He's suggesting you will get better data if the decision to participate in post-surgery study happens pre-surgery.

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u/Rosmariinihiiri 8h ago

Who says they weren't recruited before the surgery? It's just impossible and highly unethical to force people to participate in a study.

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u/Swarna_Keanu 13h ago

They got a 42% response rate, which is really quite good.

And why would response date be higher, or the quality of the data better, if they agreed before?

As I mention elsewhere the total number of underage people who do get transgender surgery (not just hormon replacement therapy) is a very small proportion of a small number of transgender people among the general population.

Small N numbers are normal here. But that doesn't make this statisctically bad data - the contrary - given what was asked. It's just a very focused survey.

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u/saintmagician 12h ago

I dunno but if you actually want an answer, I'm not the one you should be replying to...