Abstract
Physical activity has been found to alleviate mental health problems and could be beneficial for at-risk populations, such as transgender people. This study had 3 aims. First, to explore the amount of physical activity that treatment-seeking transgender people engage in and to compare this to matched cisgender people. Second, to determine whether there was a difference in physical activity depending on cross-sex hormone use. Third, to determine factors that predict physical activity among treatment-seeking transgender people. Transgender (n = 360) and cisgender people (n = 314) were recruited from the United Kingdom. Participants were asked to complete questionnaires about physical activity, symptoms of anxiety and depression, self-esteem, body satisfaction, and transphobia. Transgender people engaged in less physical activity than cisgender people. Transgender people who were on cross-sex hormone treatment engaged in more physical activity than transgender people who were not. In transgender people on cross-sex hormones, high body satisfaction was the best statistical predictor of physical activity, whereas high self-esteem was the best statistical predictor in people who were not. Transgender people are less active than cisgender people. Cross-sex hormone treatment appears to be able to indirectly increase physical activity within this population, which may be beneficial for mental well-being.
Highlights
IntroductionPhysical activity is defined as any activity (e.g., while working, playing, carrying out household chores and recreational pursuits) that involves muscular-skeletal movement and energy expenditure.[1]
Physical activity is defined as any activity that involves muscular-skeletal movement and energy expenditure.[1]
Physical activity may be beneficial for populations that are vulnerable to mental health problems
Summary
Physical activity is defined as any activity (e.g., while working, playing, carrying out household chores and recreational pursuits) that involves muscular-skeletal movement and energy expenditure.[1]. Engaging in insufficient physical activity is the fourth leading risk factor for non-communicable diseases (e.g., cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease),[1] which accounted for approximately 5.3 million deaths globally in 2008.2 Physical activity has been found to alleviate mental health problems, depression and anxiety.[3,4,5,6,7] In light of this, physical activity may be beneficial for populations that are vulnerable to mental health problems One of these vulnerable populations is transgender people who experience incongruence between their sex assigned at birth and their gender identity. To determine factors which predict physical activity among treatment seeking transgender people
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