Understanding Perceived Access and Receipt of Gender-affirming Treatments Among Transgender Veterans

Completed

Conditions studied: Gender Dysphoria

In brief

Transgender Veterans (trans Vets) frequently experience gender dysphoria or distress related to discord between their gender identity and birth sex. Gender-affirming treatments (GATs) are medically necessary treatments to reduce gender dysphoria. However, not much is known about the barriers and facilitators that influence GAT access and receipt in VA and VA Community Care (CC), among trans Vets who desire GATs. The goals of this mixed-methods study are to determine which GATs trans Vets receive and in which setting, identify barriers and facilitators associated with desired GAT receipt in VA and CC, examine association of GAT receipt, specifically mental healthcare and hormone therapy, with mental health and suicide risk and understand trans Vet experiences related to receipt and desire for mental healthcare and hormone therapy in VA and CC.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06615401

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

986

Starts

2024-10-01

Expected to finish

2025-01-18

Last updated by the study team

2026-01-28

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All veterans with documentation of gender identity disorder diagnoses
• Self-reported gender identity as transgender and relevant transgender-related health factor

You may not qualify if…

• None

Where it is running

• VA Bedford HealthCare System, Bedford, MA — Bedford, Massachusetts, United States

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