NCT05187442

The Experiences of Erotic and Sexual Risk of Transgender Men: Exploratory Research Design

Completed Results posted Last updated 22 July 2025

What this trial tests

trial testing questionnaire, interview in Transgender Persons in 350 participants. Completed in 31 July 2023.

Timeline

12 January 2022

Primary endpoint
30 June 2023

31 July 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	National Taiwan University
Status	Completed
Study type	OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment	350
Start date	12 January 2022
Primary completion	30 June 2023
Estimated completion	31 July 2023
Sites	1 location across Taiwan

Drugs / interventions tested

• questionnaire, interview

Conditions studied

• Transgender Persons — all drugs for Transgender Persons →
• Sexual Health — all drugs for Sexual Health →

Sponsor

National Taiwan University

Who can join

20 and older, any sex, with Transgender Persons or Sexual Health. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Experience of Erotic and Sexual Risk of Transgender Men(Demographic Data, Transgender Affirmation Questionnaire) Primary · At time of entry into study

After signing the online consent form, fill out the demographic information form and transgender affirmation questionnaire on Google Forms to calculate population proportions and averages.(First stage)

Gender identity :male

Group	Value	95% CI
Transgender	269

Gender identity:other

Group	Value	95% CI
Transgender	52

Sexual orientation:heterosexual

Group	Value	95% CI
Transgender	166

Sexual orientation:gay

Group	Value	95% CI
Transgender	37

Sexual orientation:bisexuality

Group	Value	95% CI
Transgender	77

Sexual orientation:pansexuality

Group	Value	95% CI
Transgender	33

Sexual orientation:asexuality

Group	Value	95% CI
Transgender	6

Sexual orientation:other

Group	Value	95% CI
Transgender	2

Ages of Transgender Men Primary · At time of entry into study

After signing the online consent form, fill out the ages on Google Forms to calculate population proportions and averages.(First stage)

Group	Value	95% CI
Transgender	29.81	20 – 47

Experience of Erotic and Sexual Risk of Transgender Men (Short Sexual Well Being Scale) Primary · At time of entry into study

After signing the online consent form, fill out the Short Sexual Well Being Scale on Google Forms to calculate population proportions and averages.(First stage) Short Sexual Well Being Scale:There are a total of five questions, using a Likert 7 lit table, with scores ranging from 5 (minimum) to 35 (maximum), with the higher the score, the better Sexual Well Being. 1\. I disagree completely, 2. I disagree, 3. I disagree a little, 4. Neutral, 5. I somewhat agree, 6. I agree, 7. I completely agree

Group	Value	95% CI
Transgender	20.42	5 – 30

Experience of Erotic and Sexual Risk of Transgender Men (STIs Prevention Questionnaire) Primary · At time of entry into study

After signing the online consent form, fill out the STIs prevention questionnaire on Google Forms to calculate population proportions and averages.(First stage)

HIV screening

Group	Value	95% CI
Transgender	69

HPV screening

Group	Value	95% CI
Transgender	43

Pap smear

Group	Value	95% CI
Transgender	55

STIs

Group	Value	95% CI
Transgender	46

used PrEP within a year

Group	Value	95% CI
Transgender	3

Violence Experience of Transgender (Experiences of Abuse & Coping Strategies) Primary · months3-6(In the second stage)

In the second stage, focus groups and in-depth interviews will be conducted, 2 hours of each group and interview. The interview outline was revised based on the questionnaire analysis results, and TMs who met the research requirements were selected from the questionnaire respondents to conduct physical focus groups or in-depth face-to-face or video semi-structured interviews on the theme of violence experience. We also recruited Trans woman and non-binary gender groups to conduct focus groups and in-depth interviews to compare the differences in their experiences of violence. The data were c

Experiences of Abuse:verbal abuse

Group	Value	95% CI
Transgender	20

Experiences of Abuse:physical violence

Group	Value	95% CI
Transgender	6

Experiences of Abuse:sexual violence

Group	Value	95% CI
Transgender	18

Experiences of Abuse:microaggression

Group	Value	95% CI
Transgender	19

Experiences of Abuse:Forced to come out

Group	Value	95% CI
Transgender	8

Coping Strategies:avoiding crowds

Group	Value	95% CI
Transgender	26

Coping Strategies:compromise requirements

Group	Value	95% CI
Transgender	11

Coping Strategies:fits the stereotype

Group	Value	95% CI
Transgender	6

Sponsor's own description

Transgender male (TM) is the minority and difficult to reach-up group. Therefore, there is a lack of research on private issues involving TM, such as sex, eroticism, and sexual risk behavior. This study focuses on TM as the research participant, based on Milton Mayeroff's caring theory, to understand the TM's erotic culture and the sexual risks behavior, to evaluate the need for subsequent sexual health care. The research method is a mixed methods research of explanatory design, which recruits participants through purposive sampling and respondent-driven sample (RDS) methods. The first stage is an online questionnaire survey. A total of 321 TMs were recruited. The time of online questionnaire is about 10-15 minutes to get a preliminary understanding of the erotic and sexual risk experience of TM in Taiwan. In the second stage, focus groups and in-depth interviews will be conducted, 2 hours of each group and interview. A total of 29 transgender man and women, and non-binary participants were recruited. The recruitment will be stop when the data are saturated. The analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data can get an in-depth understanding of sex, eroticism, and sexual risk, and violence experiences of the participants. The research results are important for improving the awareness and identification of sexual risk and the assessment of sexual health care needs of TM in health care profession. The results also serve as a reference guide for the development of care needs on sexual health care and anti-violence of transgender people, and for the implement of a gender-friendly environment for medical care.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.