Table 2.
The characteristics of the WHOQOL questioner studies included in the analysis
| Authors | Year | Type of study | SS& | Surgery | QOL* (Mean ± SD) | NOS** Score | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTMa | MTFb | D1c | D2d | D3e | D4f | Total QOL | |||||
| Thompson, HM. et al. [45] | 2015 | Cross sectional | 312 | * | 66.08 ± 18.98 | 67.39 ± 17.84 | 65.0 ± 22.85 | 59.54 ± 17.74 | 64.50 ± 19.35 | 7 | |
| George, A. et al. [43] | 2015 | Cross sectional | 60 | * | 69.70 ± 17.47 | 64.86 ± 18.51 | 66.53 ± 11.73 | 65.00 ± 13.84 | 66.52 ± 15.39 | 6 | |
| Başar, K. et al. [42] | 2016 | Cross sectional | 72 | * | 75.00 ± 0.00 | 56.00 ± 0.00 | 97.10 ± 0.00 | 63.00 ± 44.00 | 72.77 ± 11.00 | 6 | |
| Başar, K. et al. [42] | 2016 | Cross sectional | 22 | * | 81.00 ± 0.00 | 69.00 ± 58.90 | 75.00 ± 19.00 | 75.00 ± 0.00 | 75.00 ± 19.50 | 6 | |
aMTF Male to Female, bFTM Female to Male; c domain 1(Physical); d domain 2(Psychological); e domain 3(Social); f domain 4(Environmental)
&SS Sample Size, *QOL: Quality of Life; ** Newcastle-Ottawa Scale score