Gaye Oumar, Ba Khadidiatou, Diallo Mouhamed, Niasse Awa, Counta Amdy Laye, Ndiaye Modou, Gning Moustapha, Gueye Ablaye, Fall Papa Ahmed
Urology Department of Dalal Jamm Hospital, Dakar, Senegal.
Res Rep Urol. 2024 Dec 24;16:343-355. doi: 10.2147/RRU.S487854. eCollection 2024.
The objective of our study was to examine the knowledge of male infertility and the acceptance of assisted reproductive technology (ART) methods.
We conducted a descriptive, comparative, cross-sectional study from April 2023 to August 2023 in a center in Dakar. Included in the study were male patients aged 18 and older followed for male infertility (group 1) and fertile patients of the same age as those in group 1 (group 2). We designed a questionnaire assessing the sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents, their knowledge of male infertility, knowledge of ART, its acceptability, and the source of information about male infertility.
Our sample size consisted of 119 respondents for each group. The average age of respondents in both groups was 41.24 ± 8.42 years. Fifty-eight percent of respondents in group 1 were referred by their wife's gynecologist. Fifty-four percent of respondents in group 1 had a good knowledge of male infertility, and 42.86% had average knowledge of male infertility. The majority of respondents in group 1 (42.9%) and group 2 (40.3%) did not know the duration that defines infertility. Fifty-seven percent of respondents in Group 1 and 81.5% of respondents in Group 2 did not know what assisted reproductive technology meant. Eighty-six percent of respondents in Group 1 agreed to use ART for procreation. The majority of respondents in Group 1 (54.6%) and Group 2 (58.8%) attributed a success rate of between 35% and 75% to ART.
Infertile men had better knowledge of male fertility than fertile men. Respondents in both groups, as well as the advanced age of men did not know the duration defining infertility. Poor knowledge of ART was also observed among respondents in both groups, and a better acceptance of ART methods was noted among infertile men.
我们研究的目的是调查男性不育知识以及对辅助生殖技术（ART）方法的接受程度。
2023年4月至2023年8月，我们在达喀尔的一个中心进行了一项描述性、对比性横断面研究。纳入研究的有18岁及以上因男性不育接受随访的男性患者（第1组）以及与第1组年龄相同的有生育能力的患者（第2组）。我们设计了一份问卷，评估受访者的社会人口学特征、他们对男性不育的了解、对ART的了解、其可接受性以及男性不育信息的来源。
每组的样本量为119名受访者。两组受访者的平均年龄为41.24 ± 8.42岁。第1组中58%的受访者是由其妻子的妇科医生转诊而来。第1组中54%的受访者对男性不育有较好的了解，42.86%的受访者对男性不育有一般的了解。第1组（42.9%）和第2组（40.3%）的大多数受访者不知道定义不育的时长。第1组中57%的受访者和第2组中81.5%的受访者不知道辅助生殖技术是什么意思。第1组中86%的受访者同意使用ART进行生育。第1组（54.6%）和第2组（58.8%）的大多数受访者认为ART的成功率在35%至75%之间。
不育男性比有生育能力的男性对男性生育有更好的了解。两组受访者以及男性的高龄都不知道定义不育的时长。两组受访者对ART的了解也较差，且不育男性对ART方法的接受度更高。
