An assessment of female university students’ attitudes toward screening technologies for ovarian reserve

Bavan, Brindha; Porzig, Ellen; Baker, Valerie L.

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.08.018

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“…In studies from the USA [26] and France [11], more female students were interested in having access to screening technologies for ovarian reserve, which corresponds with our observation. Women were more likely than men to pause their studies in case of low ovarian reserve to achieve their family-building goals.…”

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“…The team designed the survey using their professional experience and a systematic review of the literature regarding reproductive family planning, fertility awareness, and ovarian reserve. Selected questions were adopted from previously published studies [12,26]. Besides a multiple-choice question format, a 5-point Likert scale was used for selected items regarding family planning, oocyte freezing, and ovarian reserve.…”

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“…Previous studies reported knowledge gaps concerning fertility awareness, parenting attitudes, and specific factors influencing fertility in students in Europe [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17], Asia [18][19][20], Africa [21], Australia [22,23], Canada [24,25], and the USA [26,27]. These studies have investigated the knowledge of young people or students, but little is known about the attitude of students towards ART and oocyte freezing as well as the differences in knowledge about fertility in special groups, e.g., medical and non-medical students and between sexes.…”

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Awareness, knowledge, and perceptions of infertility, fertility assessment, and assisted reproductive technologies in the era of oocyte freezing among female and male university students

Meissner

Schippert

Versen‐Höynck

2016

J Assist Reprod Genet

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Purpose The aims of our study were to analyze university student's knowledge and attitude towards parenthood, female fertility, fertility assessment, and oocyte freezing and to explore associations between these aspects and the participant's sex or degree program they were registered for. Methods The study was designed as an online-based crosssectional survey. A total of 1144 participants answered 27 questions. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Linear regression models were employed to explore associations between sex or university program and attitude towards parenthood, fertility assessment, and oocyte freezing. Results Female students and students of non-medical degree programs were more likely to plan to have children earlier than male students or students of medical degree programs. Female sex or medical degree program was associated with an overall better knowledge about women's fertility. The better the participant's knowledge about fertility, the more likely the students would consider assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatments as an option to become pregnant when ovarian reserve is low. The majority of students knew the principal of oocyte freezing but would not consider using it. However, in the case of a low ovarian reserve, oocyte freezing would be accepted as an option. Conclusions Students planned to have children at an age when women's fertility is already declining. Gaps in knowledge about female fertility and the potential of ART were more pronounced in male students and students of non-medical degree programs suggesting an increase of fertility awareness is necessary in these groups to prevent them from infertility and unwanted childlessness.

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Awareness, knowledge, and perceptions of infertility, fertility assessment, and assisted reproductive technologies in the era of oocyte freezing among female and male university students

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2016

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“…Полученные нами данные отражают результаты других исследований, свидетельствующих о том, что у женщин есть общее понимание старения и фертильности, но они не обладают точными или конкретными знаниями, которые могли бы способствовать принятию обоснованных решений относительно их сроков деторождения [9]. Практически все интервьюируемые нами пациенты поддержали идею регулярного скрининга женщин и мужчин на фертильность, что совпадает с результатами другого опроса, касающегося отношения женщин к тестированию запаса яичников [13].…”

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Pregnancy after 40 years old - is a realized reality?

Utepova

2017

J CLIN MED KAZ

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Introduction: An increase in a woman's age at her first birth has occurred across all age groups but has been most pronounced in relatively older women, such that one out of every five women in the world has her first child after the age of 35, an 8-fold increase over the previous generation. Objective: What do infertile women in Каzakhstan over the age 40 understand of the relationship between age and fertility?Methods: 82 medical card women over the 40 years old, who had consultation in IVF department of National research Center of Maternity & Child Care, were retrospectively analyzed. The data include responses to the interview questions 'What information did you have about fertility and age before you started trying to get pregnant?' and 'What did you learn once you proceeded with fertility treatment?', as well as any discussion of these topics.Results: 31.7% of women in our cohort first attempted conception at an average age more than 35 and 61% stated that they had some awareness that fertility declined after age 40. Yet 90.2% of women expected their fertility to decline gradually until menopause at around 50 years and 30.5% reported that they expected to get pregnant without difficulty at age 40. When entering into the medical realm, very few participants had considered the possibility that they would need IVF and 53.7% reported being 'shocked' and 'alarmed' to discover that their understandings of the rapidity of age-related reproductive decline were inaccurate.There were 97.6% of women who advocated better fertility education earlier in life so that men and women could make more informed childbearing decisions and 80.5% who indicated that with more information about declining fertility they might have attempted conception at an earlier age.Conclusion: We found that women in our country did not have a clear understanding of the age at which fertility begins to decline. Over half of participants were 'shocked' to discover that the chances of conception at their ages were much lower than they had anticipated. As a result, we conclude that while the failure to appreciate the true biological relationship between aging and fertility may reflect inaccessibility or misinterpretation of information, it is not sufficient to explain the decades-long socio-demographic phenomenon of delayed childbearing.Keywords: age and fertility, delayed childbearing, fertility education. Бүгінгі күнде әрбір бесінші әйел өзінің алғашқы баласын 35 жастан кейін туады, бұрынғы буынмен салыстырғанда бұл көрсеткіш 8 есе жоғары. Казақстандық әйелдердің жүктілігінен саналы түрде бас тарту фактісі бар ма? Әйелдер жүктілікті кейінге қалдыру бедеулік қауіпіне әкелетіндігін түсінеді ме? Осы сұрақтарға жауап іздеу біздің зерттеуімізге бастама болды. Pregnancy after 40 years old -is a realized reality?Зерттеу мақсаты: Қазақстанда 40 жастан асқан бедеу әйелдержас пен ұрықтылық арасындағы өзара байланысты қалай түсінетінін зерттеу.Материалдар және әдістер: Қазақстанның әр аймағынан АБҰҒО (Астана) ЭКҰ бөлімшесінде кеңестенуге келуші 40-49...

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Faut-il mieux informer les femmes jeunes sur leur fertilité ? Étude des connaissances sur une population d’étudiantes

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An assessment of female university students’ attitudes toward screening technologies for ovarian reserve

Cited by 49 publications

References 21 publications

Awareness, knowledge, and perceptions of infertility, fertility assessment, and assisted reproductive technologies in the era of oocyte freezing among female and male university students

Awareness, knowledge, and perceptions of infertility, fertility assessment, and assisted reproductive technologies in the era of oocyte freezing among female and male university students

Pregnancy after 40 years old - is a realized reality?

Faut-il mieux informer les femmes jeunes sur leur fertilité ? Étude des connaissances sur une population d’étudiantes

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