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Knowledge and attitudes regarding elective oocyte cryopreservation in undergraduate and medical students

BACKGROUND: To assess knowledge and attitudes regarding elective oocyte cryopreservation among female undergraduate students (UG) and medical students (MS) in Eastern Virginia. METHODS: An anonymous cross-sectional study surveying female UG at a local university and MS at our academic medical center...

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Autores principales: Mahesan, Arnold M., Sadek, Seifeldin, Ramadan, Hadi, Bocca, Silvina, Paul, Anthea B. M., Stadtmauer, Laurel
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6458751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31007938
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40738-019-0057-9
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author Mahesan, Arnold M.
Sadek, Seifeldin
Ramadan, Hadi
Bocca, Silvina
Paul, Anthea B. M.
Stadtmauer, Laurel
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description BACKGROUND: To assess knowledge and attitudes regarding elective oocyte cryopreservation among female undergraduate students (UG) and medical students (MS) in Eastern Virginia. METHODS: An anonymous cross-sectional study surveying female UG at a local university and MS at our academic medical center in May of 2017. The survey contained questions on demographic information, interest in fertility preservation, and knowledge about age related changes in fertility. RESULTS: There were 74 of 102 female UG and 95 of 117 female MS who responded, for a response rate of 73 and 81% respectively. UG were significantly younger than MS (21.4 vs 26.8, p < 0.001). Further, UG generally planned on conceiving at a younger age than MS (age 26–30 vs 31–35), and favored younger ages to consider oocyte cryopreservation (age 26–30 vs 31–35). Only a minority of both UG and MS were willing to undergo egg freezing at the current price of approximately $10,000 (15% vs 26% respectively, p = 0.044). Moreover, 73% of students overall responded that they would be more likely to freeze oocytes if their employer paid. Notably, both UG and MS underestimated age of fertility decline. CONCLUSION: Both UG and MS revealed a need for education on age-related changes in fertility. Most UG and MS would not undergo elective oocyte cryopreservation at the present cost but would consider it at a lower cost. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s40738-019-0057-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-64587512019-04-19 Knowledge and attitudes regarding elective oocyte cryopreservation in undergraduate and medical students Mahesan, Arnold M. Sadek, Seifeldin Ramadan, Hadi Bocca, Silvina Paul, Anthea B. M. Stadtmauer, Laurel Fertil Res Pract Research Article BACKGROUND: To assess knowledge and attitudes regarding elective oocyte cryopreservation among female undergraduate students (UG) and medical students (MS) in Eastern Virginia. METHODS: An anonymous cross-sectional study surveying female UG at a local university and MS at our academic medical center in May of 2017. The survey contained questions on demographic information, interest in fertility preservation, and knowledge about age related changes in fertility. RESULTS: There were 74 of 102 female UG and 95 of 117 female MS who responded, for a response rate of 73 and 81% respectively. UG were significantly younger than MS (21.4 vs 26.8, p < 0.001). Further, UG generally planned on conceiving at a younger age than MS (age 26–30 vs 31–35), and favored younger ages to consider oocyte cryopreservation (age 26–30 vs 31–35). Only a minority of both UG and MS were willing to undergo egg freezing at the current price of approximately $10,000 (15% vs 26% respectively, p = 0.044). Moreover, 73% of students overall responded that they would be more likely to freeze oocytes if their employer paid. Notably, both UG and MS underestimated age of fertility decline. CONCLUSION: Both UG and MS revealed a need for education on age-related changes in fertility. Most UG and MS would not undergo elective oocyte cryopreservation at the present cost but would consider it at a lower cost. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s40738-019-0057-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2019-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6458751/ /pubmed/31007938 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40738-019-0057-9 Text en © The Author(s). 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Stadtmauer, Laurel
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title_fullStr Knowledge and attitudes regarding elective oocyte cryopreservation in undergraduate and medical students
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge and attitudes regarding elective oocyte cryopreservation in undergraduate and medical students
title_short Knowledge and attitudes regarding elective oocyte cryopreservation in undergraduate and medical students
title_sort knowledge and attitudes regarding elective oocyte cryopreservation in undergraduate and medical students
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6458751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31007938
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40738-019-0057-9
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