Department of Gynecology, Fertility and Obstetrics, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Reprod Biomed Online. 2024 Jul;49(1):103937. doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2024.103937. Epub 2024 Mar 10.
How knowledgeable are Danish young adults about fertility and what are their attitudes towards learning about their reproductive biology?
The study was conducted at different educational institutions with 11 focus-group discussions that included a total of 47 participants (aged 18-29 years). Qualitative content analysis was used. The participants' fertility knowledge score was measured using the Cardiff Fertility Knowledge Scale.
The participants had an overall fertility knowledge score of 54%. Focus-group data showed that they thought it was important to learn about fertility and how to protect their fertility potential regardless of whether or not they wanted children. Providing knowledge is like planting a seed in the young adults. They wanted to hear about fertility in multifaceted ways and formats, and believed the information should be delivered by professionals, but developed in partnership with young people. The double-edged sword of knowledge and the consequence of knowledge made them hesitant or less open to learning.
Recommendations from this study are to tailor fertility information to young people, with due cognisance of their developmental stage, and ideally from an earlier age.
丹麦的年轻成年人对生育知识的了解程度如何，以及他们对了解生殖生物学的态度如何？
本研究在不同的教育机构进行，共进行了 11 次焦点小组讨论，共有 47 名参与者（年龄在 18-29 岁之间）参加。采用定性内容分析。参与者的生育知识得分采用加的夫生育知识量表进行测量。
参与者的总体生育知识得分为 54%。焦点小组数据显示，无论他们是否想要孩子，他们都认为了解生育知识和如何保护生育潜力很重要。提供知识就像在年轻人心中播下一颗种子。他们希望以多种方式和形式了解生育知识，并认为信息应该由专业人士提供，但要与年轻人合作开发。知识的双刃剑和知识的后果使他们对学习犹豫不决或不太开放。
本研究的建议是根据年轻人的发展阶段，有针对性地提供生育信息，理想情况下从更早的年龄开始。
