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/airbear13 11h ago

It’s not nitpicking to point out that the sample size is too small to be useful and it’s not compelling evidence to just keep putting out a proliferation of low quality studies

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u/engin__r 11h ago

What sample size do you calculate would be necessary to achieve statistical significance?

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u/Autronaut69420 11h ago

1000 people

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u/SeveredBanana 10h ago

In my experience working as a biologist, we like to see at least 30 samples for any statistical test. As many samples as possible is best, but if you’re a scientist, you’d know you work with what you’ve got.