Sociological Study of the Life Courses of Young TRANSgender Patients (ParTransRep)

Sociological Study of the Life Courses of Young TRANSgender Patients Consulting the REProduction Medicine Department

The number of people consulting for a request related to trans identity is increasing sharply. The study monocentric qualitative study of discursive material aims to describe the diversity of practices and discourses mobilized by the people concerned and their relatives in the wake of work already carried out in the human sciences. Conducting non-directive interviews (life stories) with transgender patients consulting the Reproductive Medicine Department and their volunteer relatives.The ceiling is 20 interviews and 80 hours of observation.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Transgenderism
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: collection of biographical and sociological data

Detailed Description

The number of people consulting for a request related to trans identity is increasing sharply. The study aims to describe the diversity of practices and discourses mobilized by the people concerned and their relatives in the wake of work already carried out in the human sciences.

The care pathway is a central determinant of transgender experiences and differentiated care pathways indicate differentiated relationships to medicalisation and gender, which translate into practices. For the moment, transgender people who do not wish to preserve their fertility or who are not hormonally treated are over-represented in the sample. It is extremely important to gain access to the population that turns to the Reproductive Medicine Service.

The consultation is a place where knowledge (medical, activist, etc.) circulates and meets, which can then be re-appropriated or negotiated by transgender people. While interviews alone are not enough to describe this re-appropriation and negotiation, it is possible to do so through observations of consultations.

Conducting non-directive interviews (life stories) with transgender patients consulting the Reproductive Medicine Department and their volunteer relatives.

The ceiling is 20 interviews and 80 hours of observation.

Patients are given a 'flyer' at the time of their consultation on which the interviewer's contact details are given. They are free to contact the interviewer to find out when and where an interview might take place (outside hospital).

The ceiling is 20 interviews and 80 hours of observation. Discussions during the interview are recorded using a voice recording device, then transcribed in full in Word and anonymised. Discussions during consultations were recorded using notes, then formatted in Word and anonymised.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 30

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Young transgender people

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• transgender

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refusal by the patient.
• Refusal by the patient's legal guardian.
• Person under guardianship

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort

Intervention / Treatment

Young transgender; Transgender patients consulting the Reproductive Medicine Department for a request related to the preservation of their fertility or hormone therapy, as well as parents/family members present at the time of the appointment. The ceiling is 20 interviews and 80 hours.

Other: collection of biographical and sociological data; collection of biographical and sociological data. Conducting non-directive interviews (life stories) with transgender patients consulting the Reproductive Medicine Department and their volunteer relatives. Patients are given a 'flyer' at the time of their consultation on which the interviewer's contact details are given. They are free to contact the interviewer to find out when and where an interview might take place (outside hospital).

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Ethnographic observations of consultations to study relation to care pathway for transgender people	Conducting non-directive interviews (life stories) with transgender patients consulting the Reproductive Medicine Department and their volunteer relatives. Patients are given a flyer at the time of their consultation on which the interviewer's contact details are given. They are free to contact the interviewer to find out when and where an interview might take place (outside hospital).	1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Ethnographic observations of transgender consultations in the Reproductive Medicine Department	Ethnographic observations of consultations in the Reproductive Medicine Department. The investigator is present during consultations with transgender patients and takes notes of what he observes and hears. He ensures that those present give their informed consent at the start of the appointment.	1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Central Hospital, Nancy, France

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): April 1, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): August 1, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): November 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 6, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 14, 2024
• First Posted (Estimated): January 24, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): January 24, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 14, 2024
• Last Verified: January 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 2023PI015

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No