Table 6.
Study results based on future fertility concern
| Characteristics N (%) |
Extremely concerned N = 28 |
Very concerned N = 33 |
Moderately concerned N = 79 |
Slightly concerned N = 68 |
Not concerned N = 114 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | < 0.001 | |||||
| Female | 26 (93) | 28 (85) | 67 (85) | 50 (76) | 59 (52) | |
| Male | 2 (7) | 5 (15) | 12 (15) | 16 (24) | 55 (48) | |
| Total | 28 (100) | 33 (100) | 79 (100) | 67 (100) | 114 (100) | |
| Age (years) | <0.001 | |||||
| -21–25 | 2 (7) | 10 (30) | 17 (21) | 20 (29) | 11 (10) | |
| -26–30 | 7 (25) | 12 (37) | 31 (39) | 21 (31) | 26 (23) | |
| -31–35 | 12 (43) | 8 (24) | 21 (27) | 21 (31) | 14 (12) | |
| -36–40 | 5 (18) | 2 (6) | 8 (10) | 5 (7) | 19 (17) | |
| -41–45 | 1 (3.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.5) | 0 (0) | 14 (12) | |
| -46–50 | 1 (3.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.5) | 0 (0) | 9 (8) | |
| -51–55 | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (4) | |
| -> 55 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 16 (14) | |
| -Total | 28 (100) | 33 (100) | 79 (100) | 68 (100) | 114 (100) | |
| Level of training | < 0.001 | |||||
| -Medical student | 2 (7) | 10 (30) | 19 (24) | 25 (37) | 17 (15) | |
| -Resident | 11 (40) | 14 (43) | 12 (15.5) | 20 (30) | 26 (24) | |
| -Fellow | 7 (25) | 3 (9) | 35 (45) | 15 (22) | 11 (10) | |
| -Faculty | 8 (28) | 6 (18) | 12 (15.5) | 7 (11) | 57 (51) | |
| -Total | 28 (100) | 33 (100) | 78 (100) | 67 (100) | 111 (100) | |
| Relationship status | 0.109 | |||||
| -Married | 11 (40) | 14 (43) | 36 (48) | 37 (54) | 66 (58) | |
| -Single | 10 (35) | 12 (36) | 26 (35) | 25 (37) | 26 (23) | |
| -Separated | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | |
| -Divorced | 2 (7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (3.5) | |
| -In a relationship | 5 (18) | 7 (21) | 11 (15) | 6 (9) | 12 (11) | |
| -Prefer not to answer | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (3.5) | |
| -Total | 28 (100) | 33 (100) | 76 (100) | 68 (100) | 113 (100) | |
| Sexual orientation | 0.118 | |||||
| -Heterosexual | 26 (93) | 32 (97) | 78 (99) | 62 (91) | 102 (89) | |
| -Homosexual | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 3 (3) | |
| -Bisexual | 1 (3.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (9) | 5 (4) | |
| -Asexual | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | |
| -Prefer not to answer | 1 (3.5) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (3) | |
| -Total | 28 (100) | 33 (100) | 79 (100) | 68 (100) | 114 (100) | |
| Childbearing status | < 0.001 | |||||
| -Parent | 3 (11) | 4 (12) | 20 (25) | 20 (29) | 49 (43) | |
| -Childless | 25 (89) | 29 (88) | 59 (75) | 48 (71) | 65 (57) | |
| -Total | 28 (100) | 33 (100) | 79 (100) | 68 (100) | 114 (100) | |
| Average rate of correct answers to questions about | ||||||
| -ART | 20% | 11% | 15% | 20% | 14% | < 0.001 |
| Q-16 | < 0.001 | |||||
| Q-17 | 0.434 | |||||
| -Female fertility | 72% | 60% | 65% | 54% | 57% | < 0.001 |
| Q-14 | < 0.001 | |||||
| Q-15 | ||||||
| Q-19 | ||||||
| -Male fertility | 11% | 9% | 5% | 12% | 16% | 0.001 |
| Q-18 | ||||||
| Concerned women | 0.014 | |||||
| -Aware of options and still did not proceed | 17 (71) | 20 (95) | 46 (90) | 30 (86) | 16 (67) | |
| -Not aware of options and would not proceed if they had known earlier | 1 (4) | 1 (5) | 3 (6) | 3 (8) | 6 (25) | |
| -Not aware and wished had known earlier (regret rate) | 6 (25) | 0 (0) | 2 (4) | 2 (6) | 2 (8) | |
| -Total | 24 (100) | 21 (100) | 51 (100) | 35 (100) | 24 (100) |