Acceptability of Telehealth for Gender-Affirming Care in Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth and Their Caregivers

Danielle E. Apple; Elle Lett; Sarah Wood; Kari Freeman Baber; John Chuo; Lisa A. Schwartz; Danielle Petsis; Haley Faust; Nadia Dowshen

doi:10.1089/trgh.2020.0166

Acceptability of Telehealth for Gender-Affirming Care in Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth and Their Caregivers

Danielle E. Apple
, Elle Lett
, Sarah Wood
, Kari Freeman Baber
, John Chuo
, Lisa A. Schwartz
, Danielle Petsis
, Haley Faust
, Nadia Dowshen

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Abstract

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 (n=21) and caregivers (n=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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	159-164
Number of pages	6
Journal	Transgender Health
Volume	7
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2020.0166
State	Published - Apr 2022
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adolescence
Gender diverse
Gender-Affirming care
Telehealth
Transgender

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