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Conception Preferences during COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdowns
Background: The COVID-19 lockdowns imposed new challenges to couples who were planning to conceive. In this research paper, we aimed to study the perceptions of women in Jordan during the pandemic regarding fertility behavior, the desire to use assisted reproductive technology (ART) and the awarenes...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9137999/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35621441 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs12050144 |
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author | Albeitawi, Soha Al-Alami, Zina Khamaiseh, Khaldoun Al Mehaisen, Lama Khamees, Almu’atasim Hamadneh, Jehan |
author_facet | Albeitawi, Soha Al-Alami, Zina Khamaiseh, Khaldoun Al Mehaisen, Lama Khamees, Almu’atasim Hamadneh, Jehan |
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description | Background: The COVID-19 lockdowns imposed new challenges to couples who were planning to conceive. In this research paper, we aimed to study the perceptions of women in Jordan during the pandemic regarding fertility behavior, the desire to use assisted reproductive technology (ART) and the awareness and beliefs of potential risks related to conception. Methods: A validated online-based questionnaire was distributed to women from April–May 2020, Statistical analysis was performed using the statistical software SPSS version 22 and R software (2020); p values ≤ 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results: The total number of participants was 814 women, with 78.2% of the participants (58.7% fertile and 76.6% infertile) believing that pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic could be risky. Among them, 16% and 40%, respectively, were trying to conceive during the pandemic, and 97.4% and 89.9%, respectively, were not willing to use ART if needed during the pandemic. Young, nulliparous women who were married for less than one year were significantly associated with the desire to conceive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusion: This study concluded that the fertility behavior of women in Jordan changed during the pandemic, and their desire for natural conception and for using ART declined, as they believed that there were potential risks related to conceiving during the pandemic. However, the effect was greater among the general fertile population than the infertile. |
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spelling | pubmed-91379992022-05-28 Conception Preferences during COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdowns Albeitawi, Soha Al-Alami, Zina Khamaiseh, Khaldoun Al Mehaisen, Lama Khamees, Almu’atasim Hamadneh, Jehan Behav Sci (Basel) Article Background: The COVID-19 lockdowns imposed new challenges to couples who were planning to conceive. In this research paper, we aimed to study the perceptions of women in Jordan during the pandemic regarding fertility behavior, the desire to use assisted reproductive technology (ART) and the awareness and beliefs of potential risks related to conception. Methods: A validated online-based questionnaire was distributed to women from April–May 2020, Statistical analysis was performed using the statistical software SPSS version 22 and R software (2020); p values ≤ 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results: The total number of participants was 814 women, with 78.2% of the participants (58.7% fertile and 76.6% infertile) believing that pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic could be risky. Among them, 16% and 40%, respectively, were trying to conceive during the pandemic, and 97.4% and 89.9%, respectively, were not willing to use ART if needed during the pandemic. Young, nulliparous women who were married for less than one year were significantly associated with the desire to conceive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusion: This study concluded that the fertility behavior of women in Jordan changed during the pandemic, and their desire for natural conception and for using ART declined, as they believed that there were potential risks related to conceiving during the pandemic. However, the effect was greater among the general fertile population than the infertile. MDPI 2022-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9137999/ /pubmed/35621441 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs12050144 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Albeitawi, Soha Al-Alami, Zina Khamaiseh, Khaldoun Al Mehaisen, Lama Khamees, Almu’atasim Hamadneh, Jehan Conception Preferences during COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdowns |
title | Conception Preferences during COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdowns |
title_full | Conception Preferences during COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdowns |
title_fullStr | Conception Preferences during COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdowns |
title_full_unstemmed | Conception Preferences during COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdowns |
title_short | Conception Preferences during COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdowns |
title_sort | conception preferences during covid-19 pandemic lockdowns |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9137999/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35621441 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs12050144 |
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