Pregnancy Loss Research Group, The Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Matern Child Health J. 2021 Feb;25(2):282-292. doi: 10.1007/s10995-020-03017-y. Epub 2020 Nov 15.
To assess university students' knowledge of reproductive health information about miscarriage.
A single-centre, cross-sectional study was carried out using an online survey at a higher education institution in the Republic of Ireland between April and May of 2016. A total of 746 university students' responses were analysed.
Approximately 60% and 70% of college students correctly identified features of first and second trimester miscarriage. After adjusting for confounders, male students were two times more likely to have a poor knowledge of features of miscarriage compared to females (aOR 2.0, 95% CI 1.3-3.0 and aOR 1.7, 95% CI 1.1-2.6 for first and second trimester respectively). Poor knowledge of features of first trimester miscarriage was less common among older students and students who were married, cohabiting or in a relationship (aOR 0.4, 95% CI 0.2-0.6 and aOR 0.4, 95% CI 0.3-0.8 respectively). Students who studied Medicine and Health were more likely to identify any type of treatment for miscarriage compared to students who studied other disciplines. Students who studied Arts and Social Science were more likely to overestimate the percentage of miscarriages with an identified cause compared to students who studied Medicine and Health.
Our results provide additional information about the gap of knowledge in regards to reproductive health information about miscarriage, specifically among university students.
评估大学生对流产相关生殖健康信息的了解程度。
2016 年 4 月至 5 月，在爱尔兰共和国的一所高等教育机构中，采用单中心横断面研究方法，通过在线调查收集数据。共分析了 746 名大学生的回答。
大约 60%和 70%的大学生正确识别了早期和中期流产的特征。在校正混杂因素后，与女性相比，男性对流产特征的知识较差的可能性是女性的两倍（早期和中期流产的优势比分别为 2.0，95%置信区间为 1.3-3.0 和 1.7，95%置信区间为 1.1-2.6）。年龄较大的学生、已婚、同居或有伴侣的学生，对早期流产特征的知识较差的可能性较小（优势比分别为 0.4，95%置信区间为 0.2-0.6 和 0.4，95%置信区间为 0.3-0.8）。与其他学科的学生相比，学习医学和健康的学生更有可能识别出任何类型的流产治疗方法。与学习医学和健康的学生相比，学习艺术和社会科学的学生更有可能高估有明确病因的流产比例。
我们的研究结果提供了有关流产相关生殖健康信息知识差距的更多信息，特别是在大学生中。
