Knowledge gaps in the understanding of fertility among non-medical graduate students.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess knowledge of female and male fertility among students enrolled in a Master of Business Administration (MBA) program.

Design

Web-based cross-sectional survey.

Setting

Academic setting.

Patients

Not applicable.

Interventions

None.

Main outcome measures

Knowledge of how female and male age impacts reproduction, fecundability, and success rates with in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Results

A total of 133 female and male MBA students completed the survey. Nearly 10% of participants were not aware that women are born with a fixed number of oocytes and that oocyte quantity and quality decline with age. More than 30% of participants overestimated fecundability in women aged ≥35 years, and >50% overestimated IVF success rates in wom

SUBMITTER: Bernardi LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8244259 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature