Non-HIV chronic disease burden among transgender populations globally: A systematic review and narrative synthesis.

ABSTRACT: Chronic disease is a growing concern for research, policy and clinical care. While the global burden of HIV for transgender populations has been comprehensively covered in recent systematic reviews, the same is not true for the burden of other chronic disease. The objective of this study was to review the literature on non-HIV chronic disease burden for transgender populations worldwide. A systematic review was conducted of Medline, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO and LGBT Life bibliographic databases for peer-reviewed scientific studies with non-HIV chronic disease prevalence data for transgender populations published any date up to February 15, 2019 without restriction on country or study design. A total of 93 studies and 665 datapoints were included in this review, comprising 48 distinct chron

SUBMITTER: Rich AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7732872 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature