Table III.
Distribution of answers to knowledge questions 3–6 in the IG, CG1 and CG2 at baseline and follow-up.
| Knowledge questions 3–6 | Categories | Score (no. of points) | IG |
CG1 |
CG2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline (n = 101) (%) | Follow-up (n = 89) (%) | Baseline (n = 100) (%) | Follow-up (n = 85) (%) | Follow-up (n = 88) (%) | |||
| 3. How long does an ovum live?a | <1 day | 0p | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 day | 2p | 16 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 9 | |
| >1 day | 0p | 71 | 63 | 78 | 85 | 81 | |
| 4. How likely is it that a 25-year old woman becomes pregnant if she has unprotected intercourse with a young man at the time of ovulation?a | <25% | 0p | 12 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 8 |
| 25–29% | 1p | 10 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 4 | |
| 30–35% | 2p | 7 | 36 | 8 | 9 | 3 | |
| 36–40% | 1p | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| >40% | 0p | 56 | 32 | 56 | 55 | 68 | |
| 5. At what age is there a marked decline in women's ability to become pregnant?a | <30 years | 0p | 22 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 21 |
| 30–34 years | 1p | 42 | 21 | 38 | 33 | 36 | |
| 35 years | 2p | 15 | 42 | 18 | 20 | 18 | |
| 36–40 years | 1p | 12 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 12 | |
| >40 years | 0p | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | |
| 6. What is the chance of giving birth to a child conceived through IVF?a | <20% | 0p | 18 | 26 | 22 | 27 | 15 |
| 20–24% | 1p | 21 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 13 | |
| 25% | 2p | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 6 | |
| 26–30% | 1p | 8 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 11 | |
| >30% | 0p | 30 | 11 | 38 | 33 | 44 | |
aCorrect answers: marked in bold.