A Pilot Survey of Indian Stakeholders: Parents, Doctors, and Grown-Up Patients of Disorders of Sexual Differentiation on Management Decisions and Associated Gender Dysphoria
| Autor: | Simmi K. Ratan, Sujoy Neogi, Md Fahim Ahmad, Kanishka Das, Vijaya Raman, Pradnya S. Bendre, Arka Banerjee, Shilpa Sharma, Himanshu Acharya, Vikesh Agrawal, Ramesh Babu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, Vol 29, Iss 4, Pp 370-375 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0971-9261 1998-3891 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_83_24 |
| Popis: | Background and Aims: Of late, there are many legal representations from select quarters to halt all medical interventions in children with differences of sex development (DSD). In this survey on management decisions in DSD, we distil the views of Indian stakeholders: parents, physicians, and grown-up patients with DSD on their management decisions to identify decisional satisfaction or gender dysphoria. Methods: The survey domains included the patient demographics, final diagnosis, decision on the sex of rearing, surgical interventions, opinion of the stakeholders on the preferred age of sex assignment, final sex of rearing, and agreement/disagreement about sex assignment (gender dysphoria). Results: A total of 106 responses were recorded (66% parents, 34% grown-up patients aged 12–50 years). Among parents, 65/70 (95%) preferred the sex to be assigned soon after birth. All grown-up patients preferred sex to be assigned soon after birth. Regarding decisions on surgery, 74% of physicians and 75% of the grown-up patients felt parents should be allowed to decide interventions. Among Indian parents, 90% felt they should have the right to decide surgery in the best interest of their child for a safe social upbringing. Overall, gender dysphoria among Indian DSD patients was |
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