Medical care for transgender individuals at a hospital in southern Brazil: why do they drop out from our service?
Fernanda Guadagnin,
Karine Schwarz,
Dhiordan Cardoso da Silva
et al.
Abstract:ObjectiveThe objective of the study was to investigate dropout rates and discern potential factors contributing to the discontinuation of treatment provided to transgender individuals by the Transdisciplinary Gender Identity Program at the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (PROTIG).MethodologyThis study employs a descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective design to analyze socio-demographic and clinical data obtained from medical records of patients treated at PROTIG between 2000 and 2018. A structured for… Show more
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