Apple Danielle E, Lett Elle, Wood Sarah, Freeman Baber Kari, Chuo John, Schwartz Lisa A, Petsis Danielle, Faust Haley, Dowshen Nadia
Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Transgend Health. 2022 Apr 11;7(2):159-164. doi: 10.1089/trgh.2020.0166. eCollection 2022 Apr.
Gender-affirming care (GAC) is critical to the well-being of transgender and gender diverse youth and was limited by COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. Telehealth created opportunities for youth to continue receiving lifesaving care. We examined the attitudes of patients (=21) and caregivers (=38) receiving telehealth-delivered GAC (TGAC) from May to July 2020. Participants completed surveys after telehealth visits. Descriptive statistics compared telehealth with in-person visits across key domains. Overall, 86.5% of patients and 95.4% of caregivers were satisfied with medical TGAC and 94.3% and 93.3% were satisfied with behavioral health TGAC. Future research should determine the effectiveness of TGAC and identify areas for improvement.
性别肯定治疗（GAC）对跨性别和性别多样化青少年的福祉至关重要，但受到新冠疫情居家令的限制。远程医疗为青少年继续接受挽救生命的治疗创造了机会。我们调查了2020年5月至7月接受远程医疗提供的性别肯定治疗（TGAC）的患者（n = 21）和护理人员（n = 38）的态度。参与者在远程医疗就诊后完成了调查。描述性统计数据在关键领域将远程医疗与面对面就诊进行了比较。总体而言，86.5%的患者和95.4%的护理人员对医疗TGAC感到满意，94.3%和93.3%的人对行为健康TGAC感到满意。未来的研究应确定TGAC的有效性，并找出改进的领域。
