Sexual and reproductive health in men with cystic fibrosis: Consistent preferences, inconsistent practices

Abstract

Men's preferences around SRH were more consistent than clinical practices. Clinical practice guidelines and training for health professionals would help reduce the gap between men's SRH preferences and clinical practice.

Communication of information about reproductive and sexual health in cystic fibrosis. Patients, parents and caregivers' experience

“…The study populations were male patients (five papers) [5,8,10,14,15], female patients (one paper) [12], mixed sample of males and females patients (one paper) [6], health care professionals (one paper) [7], mixed sample of parents and female patients (two papers) [9,13] and parents of male patients (one paper) [11].…”

“…Most men with CF seemed aware of both the extent and cause of their infertility [5,6,8,10,15], although they expressed the need for information on reproductive options. Underinforming patients may lead to misconceptions and risky sexual behavior [7,12].…”

“…Underinforming patients may lead to misconceptions and risky sexual behavior [7,12]. Sawyer et al [10,15] reported two important misconceptions. One in three men assumed they did not need to use a condom and those informed by health professionals were more likely to assume this than men informed by their parents.…”

“…Both genders received their first information between the ages of 12 and 16 [9][10][11][12][13]15]. For Australian and Polish girls this was around 13 years of age [9,13].…”

“…Yet, when parents informed their sons they preferred to do so at an earlier age than the CF doctor (13.2 years versus 17.2 years) [10,15]. An earlier study from the United Kingdom [8] reported that 56% of boys never received advice on infertility or contraception.…”