Table 3.
Infertility Experience
| Variable | All |
Females |
Males |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | pa | |
| Fertility experience | (N = 166) | (N = 118) | (N = 48) | |
| Have you ever had concerns about your fertility? | ||||
| Yes | 69 (41.6) | 58 (49.2) | 11 (22.9) | 0.002 |
| No | 97 (58.4) | 60 (50.8) | 37 (77.1) | |
| Have you sought medical consultation for infertility? | ||||
| Yes | 56 (81.2) | 48 (82.8) | 8 (72.7) | 0.42 |
| No | 13 (18.8) | 10 (17.2) | 3 (27.3) | |
| Fertility treatment | (N = 48) | (N = 8) | ||
| When did you seek fertility consultation? Check all that apply | ||||
| Before medical school | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | — |
| Medical school | 1 (1.8) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (12.5) | 0.14 |
| Post-doc | 1 (1.8) | 1 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) | >0.99 |
| Residency | 14 (25.0) | 8 (16.7) | 6 (75.0) | 0.002 |
| Fellowship | 12 (21.4) | 12 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.18 |
| After fellowship | 30 (53.6) | 29 (60.4) | 1 (12.5) | 0.02 |
| Was your program supportive of your fertility treatment (e.g., providing time and coverage for procedures) | ||||
| Not applicable | 20 (35.7) | 18 (37.5) | 2 (25.0) | 0.70 |
| Very supportive | 16 (28.6) | 12 (25.0) | 4 (50.0) | |
| Somewhat supportive | 14 (25.0) | 12 (25.0) | 2 (25.0) | |
| Minimally supportive | 4 (7.1) | 4 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Not supportive | 2 (3.6) | 2 (4.2) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Infertility support and psychological impact | (N = 58) | (N = 11) | ||
| Did your colleagues know about your struggles with fertility or treatments? | ||||
| Yes—colleagues and program administration | 6 (8.7) | 5 (8.6) | 1 (9.1) | 0.93 |
| Yes—only colleagues | 29 (42.0) | 25 (43.1) | 4 (36.4) | |
| Yes—only program administration | 2 (2.9) | 2 (3.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
| No | 31 (44.9) | 25 (43.1) | 6 (54.5) | |
| Other | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Did you feel stigmatized for having an issue with infertility? | ||||
| Yes | 9 (13.2) | 7 (12.3) | 2 (18.2) | 0.63 |
| No | 59 (86.8) | 50 (87.7) | 9 (81.8) | |
| Have your infertility concerns resulted in depression? | ||||
| Yes | 14 (20.3) | 14 (24.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0.10 |
| No | 55 (79.7) | 44 (75.9) | 11 (100.0) | |
| Have your fertility concerns affected your work life? | ||||
| Yes | 27 (39.7) | 24 (42.1) | 3 (27.3) | 0.51 |
| No | 41 (60.3) | 33 (57.9) | 8 (72.7) | |
| Fertility preservation | (N = 154) | (N = 64) | ||
| Have you considered oocyte/embryo cryopreservation? | ||||
| Yes | 47 (24.5) | 45 (31.9) | 2 (3.9) | <0.001 |
| No | 145 (75.5) | 96 (68.1) | 49 (96.1) | |
| Have you sought consultation at a fertility center for fertility preservation? | ||||
| (N = 44) | (N = 2) | |||
| Yes | 26 (56.5) | 24 (54.5) | 2 (100.0) | 0.50 |
| No | 20 (43.5) | 20 (45.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
a
p-Value is for Chi-square or Fisher's exact test for categorical variables, when appropriate.