Clinical trial NCT05163860: Family Relationships and Nutrition in TGGD Youth and Young Adults
Official title: Implications of Family Relationships on Nutrition and Health Behaviors in Transgender and Gender Diverse (TGGD) Youth and Young Adults
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Family Relations
Nutrition Disorders
Health Behavior
Transgenderism
Keywords: Youth
Young Adult
Transgender
Gender Diverse
Nutrition
Health Behavior
Family Relationship
Trans
Eating Disorder
Food Insecurity
Malnutrition
Physical Activity
Lead sponsor: St. Louis University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-12-20
Enrollment: 714
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 12
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: TGGD Young Adults: Participants are ages 18 to 25 years, resident of the US or Canada, speak English, can be of any ethnicity or socio economic status and will self-identify as transgender or gender diverse.

Parents of TGGD Youth: Participants are ages 18 to 90 years, resident of the US or Canada, speak English, can be of any ethnicity, socio economic status, or gender, and have a child who self-identifies as transgender or gender diverse.

TGGD Youth: Participants are ages 12-17 years, resident of the US or Canada, speak English, can be of any ethnicity or socio economic status and will self-identify as transgender or gender diverse.

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to assess how family relationships are related to health and nutrition behaviors among transgender and gender diverse youth and young adults.

Detailed description: The study is recruiting the following populations: parents of transgender and gender diverse youth, transgender and gender diverse young adults, and transgender and gender diverse youth. Participants over the age of 18 will be recruited via Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk), and youth participants will be recruited via parent referral. Age and role-appropriate surveys will be administered to the three distinct populations. A waiver of written consent for participation will be used per survey protocol. After participants receive a recruitment statement about the study and the potential risks, willing participants will take a 10-20 minute survey to provide data regarding demographics, height and weight, food habits, physical activity, food security, health support, risk-taking behaviors, past health diagnoses, and family environment. No personal identifiers will be collected and all responses will remain confidential. Our main question is whether family acceptance of a transgender or gender diverse (TGGD) youth and young adults is related to health, nutrition, and risk-taking behaviors.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

TGGD Young Adults:

* 18 to 25 years of age
* Self-identify as transgender or gender diverse
* A resident of the United States of America or Canada
* English speaking.

Parent of TGGD Youth

* A parent of a 12-17 year old TGGD youth
* A resident of the United States of America or Canada
* English speaking
* Have a child that self-identifies as transgender or gender diverse

TGGD Youth

* 12 to 17 years of age
* Self-identify as transgender or gender diverse
* A resident of the United States of America or Canada
* English speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

TGGD Young Adults

* Less than 18 years of age or greater than 25 years of age
* Self-identify as cis-gender
* Not a resident of the United States of America or Canada
* Non-english speaking

Parent of TGGD Youth:

* Parents of children that are less than 12 years of age or greater than 17 years of age
* Not a resident of the United States of America or Canada
* Non-english speaking
* Does not identify as a parent of a TGGD child

TGGD Youth

* Less than 12 years of age or greater than 17 years of age
* Does not self-identify as transgender or gender diverse
* Not a resident of the United States of America or Canada
* Non-english speaking

Primary outcomes:
measure: Family Gender Environment measures of TGGD Youth, TGGD Young Adults, and Parents of TGGD Youth
timeFrame: 10-20 minute survey completed at one point within the 1 month recruitment period.
measure: Prevalence of Food Insecurity in TGGD Youth, TGGD Young Adults, and Parents of TGGD Youth
timeFrame: 10-20 minute survey completed at one point within the 1 month recruitment period.
measure: Prevalence of Support of Healthy Eating and Physical Activity in TGGD Youth and TGGD Young Adults
timeFrame: 10-20 minute survey completed at one point within the 1 month recruitment period.
measure: Prevalence of Risk Taking Behavior in TGGD Youth and TGGD Young Adults
timeFrame: 10-20 minute survey completed at one point within the 1 month recruitment period.
measure: Physical Activity Adequacy in TGGD Youth
timeFrame: 10-20 minute survey completed at one point within the 1 month recruitment period.
measure: Body Mass Index of TGGD Youth and TGGD Young adults
timeFrame: 10-20 minute survey completed at one point within the 1 month recruitment period.
measure: Body Mass Index Percentile of TGGD Youth
timeFrame: 10-20 minute survey completed at one point within the 1 month recruitment period.
measure: Percent Median Body Mass Index for TGGD Youth
timeFrame: 10-20 minute survey completed at one point within the 1 month recruitment period.
measure: Malnutrition Risk in TGGD Young Adults
timeFrame: 10-20 minute survey completed at one point within the 1 month recruitment period.
measure: Eating Disorder Risk in TGGD Youth and Young Adults
timeFrame: 10-20 minute survey completed at one point within the 1 month recruitment period.
measure: Prevalence of Anxiety in Parents of TGGD Youth
timeFrame: 10-20 minute survey completed at one point within the 1 month recruitment period.
measure: Prevalence of Depression in Parents of TGGD Youth
timeFrame: 10-20 minute survey completed at one point within the 1 month recruitment period.
measure: Prevalence of Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Disorders in TGGD Young Adults
timeFrame: 10-20 minute survey completed at one point within the 1 month recruitment period.
measure: Compare Parent and Youth Reports of Family Environment, Food Insecurity, and Weight
timeFrame: 10-20 minute survey completed at one point within the 1 month recruitment period.
measure: Parent of TGGD Youth Demographics
timeFrame: 10-20 minute survey completed at one point within the 1 month recruitment period.
measure: TGGD Youth and TGGD Young Adult Demographics
timeFrame: 10-20 minute survey completed at one point within the 1 month recruitment period.
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Saint Louis
country: United States
facility: Saint Louis University
state: Missouri
Study officials:
affiliation: St. Louis University
name: Whitney Linsenmeyer, Ph.D.
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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