Table 1. Key data from included studies.
Authors (reference) |
Publication year | Study design |
Number of patients*1 (M–F)*2 |
Mean follow-up period (range) |
Patients‘ mean age in years (range) |
Evaluation of quality of life (abbreviations of questionnaires used) |
Ainsworth et al. (22) | 2010 | Cross sectional study | n = 247 | Not available | 50 | SF-36 |
Bouman et al. (27) | 2016 | Cross sectional study | n = 31 |
2.2 years (0.8–7.5) |
19.1 (18.3–45.0) |
SHS, SWLS, CLLS |
Cardoso da Silva et al. (26) | 2016 | Prospective cohort study | n = 47 | At least 1 year |
31.23 (16–54) |
WHOQOL-100 |
Castellano et al. (17) | 2015 | Case–control study |
n = 120 (46 M–F and 14 F–M) |
At least 2 years |
39.0 (18–65) |
WHOQOL-100 |
(Control group: 45 cis women and 15 cis men) |
Control group: 40.2 (18–65) |
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Jokic-Begic et al. (18) | 2014 | Cross sectional study |
n = 6 (3 M–F and 3 F–M) |
At least 3 months |
33.83 (24–42) |
SF-36, semi-structured interview |
Kuhn et al. (19) | 2009 | Case–control study |
n = 75 (52 M–F and 3 F–M) |
15 years (8–23) |
51 (39–62) |
KHQ, VAS |
Control group: (20 cis women) |
Control group: 49 (37–60) |
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Lindqvist et al. (23) | 2016 | Prospective cohort study | n = 190 |
3 years (1–5) |
36 (19–76) |
SF-36 |
Papadopulos et al. (29) | 2017 | Cross sectional study | n = 47 |
19 months (6–58) |
38,3 (18–57) |
FLZ |
Parola et al. (20) | 2010 | Cross sectional study |
n = 30 (15 M–F and 15 F–M) |
At least 2 years |
48,5 (32–65) |
SF-36, semi-structured interview |
van der Sluis et al. (28) | 2016 | Cohort study | n = 9 |
29.6 years (17.2–34.3) |
58 (50–73) |
SHS, SWLS, CLLS |
Weyers et al. (24) | 2009 | Cohort study | n = 50 | At least 6 months | 43.06 | SF-36, VAS |
Yang et al. (25) | 2016 | Cross sectional study | n = 209 | Not available |
26.7 (18–45) |
SF-36 |
Zimmermann et al. (21) | 2006 | Cross sectional study |
n = 40 (24 M–F and 16 F–M) |
3.1 years (0.5–19) |
38 (23–51; 41.0 years for M–F) |
FLZ |