Saadeh Rami, Abdulrahim Nancy, Alfaqih Mahmoud, Khader Yousef
Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
Jordanian Ministry of Health, Amman, Jordan.
J Family Reprod Health. 2020 Mar;14(1):5-13.
To assess the attitude of Jordanian health care workers toward surrogacy. Three municipalities in Jordan were randomly selected, one from each region: north, south and central of Jordan. A total of: four public hospitals, three private hospitals, one university hospital, 40 health centers and 40 private clinics were included in the study. Healthcare workers in the selected facilities were randomly approached using a self- administered questionnaire to collect data. Distributions of attitude by gender, job title, and physician's specialty were used to describe participants' attitude toward surrogacy. Responses of 382 participants were reported, of whom, 230 (60.2%) were females. Three in every four participants didn't support legalizing surrogacy in Jordan. Majority reported negative attitude toward commercial surrogacy (85.1%) and noncommercial surrogacy (76.4%). Religious considerations were the main reason (71.1%) for the attitude toward surrogacy. Most items describing attitude toward surrogacy were significantly distributed across different job titles: nurses, medical doctors, and other healthcare workers (p < 0.05). Negative attitude among health care workers toward surrogacy was mainly driven by religious beliefs. However, there are core cultural changes in the community which might alter the attitude toward surrogacy in the future.
评估约旦医护人员对代孕的态度。在约旦随机选取了三个城市，每个地区各选一个：约旦北部、南部和中部。该研究共纳入了：四家公立医院、三家私立医院、一家大学医院、40个健康中心和40家私人诊所。使用自填式问卷对选定机构中的医护人员进行随机调查以收集数据。通过性别、职称和医生专业来描述参与者对代孕的态度分布情况。报告了382名参与者的回复，其中230名（60.2%）为女性。每四名参与者中就有三名不支持约旦将代孕合法化。大多数人对商业代孕（85.1%）和非商业代孕（76.4%）持负面态度。宗教因素是对代孕态度的主要原因（71.1%）。大多数描述对代孕态度的项目在不同职称（护士、医生和其他医护人员）之间分布存在显著差异（p < 0.05）。医护人员对代孕的负面态度主要是由宗教信仰驱动的。然而，社区中存在一些核心文化变化，可能会在未来改变对代孕的态度。
