Determinants of quality of life in Spanish transsexuals attending a gender unit before genital sex reassignment surgery

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 671-678

  Gómez Gil, Esther ^a   Zubiaurre Elorza, Leire ^b   Esteva De Antonio, Isabel ^c   Guillamon, Antonio ^d   Salamero, Manel ^e  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Family support; Hormonal sex reassignment therapy; Quality of life; Socio demographic factors; Transsexualism; WHOQOL BREF

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX REASSIGNMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPAIN; TRANSSEXUALISM; TRANSSEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPAIN; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900360537     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-013-0497-3     Document Type: Article

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