The other side of the fertility coin: a comparison of childless men's and women's knowledge of fertility and assisted reproductive technology
The other side of the fertility coin: a comparison of childless men's and women's knowledge of fertility and assisted reproductive technology
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DOI：
10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.10.033
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发表时间：
2013-03-01
影响因子：
6.7
通讯作者：
Koert, Emily
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作者：
Daniluk, Judith C.;Koert, Emily
目的：比较无子女男性和无子女女性对生育和辅助生殖技术（ART）治疗和家庭建设选择的知识。设计：自述问卷，包括2个自评和20个与后期生育和ART相关的知识问题。设置：在线调查。患者：年龄在20至50岁之间的599名推定有生育能力、无子女的男性。干预:没有。主要结果测量：通过生育意识调查的男性版本测量生育和抗逆转录病毒治疗知识。结果：大多数参与者认为自己对生育和抗逆转录病毒治疗有一定的了解或相当的了解。然而，在20道知识题上，整体知识是有限的，超过50%的样本答对了20道知识题中的4道。这些男性对生育和抗逆转录病毒治疗的了解甚至比没有孩子的女性更少。结论：考虑到在我们的研究中没有孩子的男性在与年龄相关的生育和抗逆转录病毒治疗以及家庭建设选择方面没有连贯的知识体系，男性可能会导致推迟生育的趋势。如果教育项目要在支持知情生育和生育决策方面发挥作用，就必须同时针对女性和男性。[j] .中国农业科学（英文版），2013;39(5):839- 846。(C) 2013年由美国生殖医学学会出版。)
Objective: To determine childless men's knowledge about fertility and assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatments and family building options, compared to knowledge of a sample of childless women.Design: Self-report questionnaire comprising 2 self-ratings and 20 knowledge questions related to later childbearing and ART.Setting: Online survey.Patient(s): A total of 599 presumed fertile, childless men between the ages of 20 and 50 years.Intervention(s): None.Main Outcome Measure(s): Knowledge of fertility and ART as measured by the male version of the Fertility Awareness Survey.Result(s): The majority of participants rated themselves as having some knowledge or being fairly knowledgeable about fertility and ART. However, on the 20 knowledge questions, overall knowledge was limited, with more than 50% of the sample answering correctly only 4 of 20 knowledge questions. The men demonstrated even less knowledge of fertility and ART than childless women.Conclusion(s): Given that the childless men in our study had no coherent body of knowledge regarding age-related fertility and ART treatment and family-building options, men may be contributing to the trend to delay childbearing. If they are to be effective in supporting informed fertility and childbearing decisions, education programs must target both women and men. (Fertil Steril (R) 2013;99:839-46. (C) 2013 by American Society for Reproductive Medicine.)