The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Lives of People With Gender Dysphoria

Frontiers in Public Health

Public Health

Fernanda Guadagnin¹  Maria Inês Rodrigues Lobato²  Anna Paula Villas Bôas³  Dhiordan Cardoso da Silva³  Karine Schwarz⁴ 

[1] Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil;Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil;Postgraduate Program in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil;Department of Psychiatry, Gender Identity Program at Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil;Department of Psychiatry, Gender Identity Program at Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil;Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil;

关键词: Gender Dysphoria;    COVID-19;    health monitoring;    vulnerability;    transgender;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2022.878348

 received in 2022-02-17, accepted in 2022-06-14,  发布年份 2022

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveTo analyze the impact on the psychological and social aspects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in individuals diagnosed with Gender Dysphoria (GD).MethodsGoogle Forms inventory was sent via WhatsApp, including qualitative and quantitative questions evaluating three life dimensions denominated as Sociodemographic, Economic, and COVID-19 pandemic. It was applied in two periods: At the beginning of the pandemic (June-2020) (P1) and one year later (June-2021) (P2). The inventory also included questions about economic dimensions before the pandemic for individual comparison purposes (P0). 48 individuals (28 transsexual women, 20 transsexual men) participated in both periods.Results77.1% (n = 37) lived in Rio Grande do Sul, 50.0% (n = 24) refereed incomplete high school; Monthly Income increased significantly between the periods (P0) and (P1). Emergence aid approval was significantly higher in (P2), 56.3% (n = 27), compared to (P1), 39.6% (n = 19). A statistically significant difference was detected in the feeling of depression in the (P2) among the cases that requested Emergency Aid.ConclusionThe studied population presented deterioration regarding their condition of social vulnerability in relation to formal employment, access to health services, and mental health.

【 授权许可】

Unknown   
Copyright © 2022 Guadagnin, da Silva, Schwarz, Villas Bôas and Lobato.