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The Gender Affirming Surgery Research Group are recruiting!
Our team want to hear your voices and experiences, to better understand how waiting for and accessing Gender Affirming Surgery can affect health and wellbeing.
Scan the QR code or follow the link to find out more about contributing to high-quality, prospective research to understand health outcomes of Gender Affirming Surgery.
Health Outcomes of Gender Affirming Surgery - Expression of Interest – Fill out form
Study 1: Understanding the experience of waiting to access gender affirming surgery in South Australia - a qualitative and experiential analysis
Study 1: Understanding the experience of waiting to access gender affirming surgery in South Australia - a qualitative and experiential analysis
This study aims to understand what waiting for surgery is like, and offer trans and gender diverse Australians who are seeking or have received care a chance to have their voices heard. Taking part involves a chance to participate in semi-structured interviews and focus groups, to understand common lived experiences, perceived and actual barriers to accessing care, and the goals of those seeking surgery.
(Ethical approval: SALHN 2025/HRE00340, Flinders University project ID 9379).
Interested in taking part? Register your interest here
Study 2: Outcomes of gender affirming surgery – an Australian prospective cohort study
Study 2: Outcomes of gender affirming surgery – an Australian prospective cohort study
This study aims to understand the clinical effectiveness of gender affirming surgery in terms of improving Health Related Quality of Life. This study will match individuals having received surgery and those seeking it and compare their quality of life to understand how surgery can impact health and wellbeing. Quality of life will be assessed using the GENDER-Q and EQ5D Patient Reported Outcome Measures. These tools will help the researchers determine the impact of gender affirming surgery on changes in health, clinical effectiveness, and health outcomes of those who do and do not access surgery.
This study aims to provide high-quality prospective evidence to determine the health benefits of gender affirming surgery. (Ethical approval: SALHN: 2025/HRE00341, Flinders University project ID 9380)
Interested in taking part? Register your interest here
Study 3: Perceptions of Gender Affirming Surgical Care – National Survey of Surgeons and Surgeons in Training
Study 3: Perceptions of Gender Affirming Surgical Care – National Survey of Surgeons and Surgeons in Training
One of our gender diverse lived experience researchers felt it was important to find out why doctors choose or don’t choose to be involved in trans healthcare and in gender surgery. Hence we designed and launched this important survey study with the help of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons.
This study aims to improve understanding of surgeons' and surgeons-in-training's baseline understanding of the health needs of the trans and gender diverse population, understand willingness to engage with and provide gender affirming care, and the influence of demographic and economic factors on this. (Ethical approval: SALHN: 2025/HRE00503, Flinders University project ID 9742)
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Funding
Funding
Financial support for the work of the Gender Affirming Surgery Research Group has been received from the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons, SALHN Hospital Research Foundation through the Enquiry Grant Round, and Flinders Foundation.
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