A Standardized Counseling Approach to Preoperative Education in Transmasculine Individuals Receiving Gender-affirming Surgery
Purpose
The intervention will be an educational handout provided to a randomized cohort of patients that reviews the benefits and risks of retaining ovaries vs removing them. This educational handout will be provided prior to the surgical consultation at the time of the initial survey.
Conditions
- Hysterectomy
- Gender Affirming Surgery
Eligibility
- Eligible Ages
- Between 18 Years and 65 Years
- Eligible Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- Any transgender or non-binary individual - Age 18-65 - Assigned female at birth who desires a gender-affirming hysterectomy with or without oophorectomy - English-speaking
Exclusion Criteria
- Non-transgender individuals - Any transgender individual who has already had a bilateral oophorectomy - Any transgender person who was born without ovaries or a uterus - Non-English speaking
Study Design
- Phase
- N/A
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel Assignment
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- None (Open Label)
Arm Groups
| Arm | Description | Assigned Intervention |
|---|---|---|
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No Intervention Survey Group |
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Active Comparator Educational Handout + Survey Group |
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Recruiting Locations
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
More Details
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota