Fouly Howieda, Omar Ayat M, Al-Fayyadh Sadeq, Aydin Nuran, Dababesh Shatha, Alsheikh Intisar, Sayed Mervat A, Abbas Zahra, Elhoufy Amira, Saad Khaled
Health Sciences: Nursing, Higher Colleges of Technology, Ras Al Khaimah, ARE.
Maternity, Obstetrics, and Gynecology, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Asyut, EGY.
Cureus. 2025 Apr 10;17(4):e82020. doi: 10.7759/cureus.82020. eCollection 2025 Apr.
Background Most students have essential perspectives on parenthood, which may vary based on education or cultural background. Negative perspectives reflect a serious gap in reproductive health education among future parents and may lead to delaying parenthood, increasing the risk of infertility or fetal loss. Aim This study aimed to assess students' perspectives on fertility-related issues and motherhood across multi-country backgrounds. Methods A descriptive, cross-sectional design was conducted from Spring 2021 to Spring 2022 among voluntary participants focused on the fertility and motherhood perspectives of health sciences colleges in six participating countries (Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Turkey). The responses were collected conveniently by a self-administered questionnaire consisting of 31 items in 5 sections, adapted from a published Swedish study after testing for validity and reliability and analyzed using SPSS version 22 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, US) including 1,371 students from an online hosting site. Results Almost three-quarters of students have poor perspectives toward fertility concepts. There are significant relationships between students' characteristics (independent variables) and their perspectives (dependent variable) toward motherhood. A high positive correlation between students' decision to have children's factors, their perspectives regarding cryopreservation, and motherhood with ( = 0.527, <0.01), ( = 0.533, <0.01), and ( =0.406, <0.01). Students' perspectives toward fertility reflect high frequency positive ( = 12.080, < 000). Conclusion There is a positive correlation between participants' decision to have children, cryopreservation perspectives, and motherhood with a high-frequency positive effect on students' perspectives toward fertility issues. The study recommends that nurses provide necessary informed guidance and support to young females and males who are making fertility-related decisions.
背景 大多数学生对为人父母有基本的看法，这些看法可能因教育程度或文化背景而异。负面看法反映出未来父母在生殖健康教育方面存在严重差距，可能导致推迟生育，增加不孕或流产的风险。目的 本研究旨在评估多国背景下学生对生育相关问题和为人母的看法。方法 2021年春季至2022年春季，对六个参与国（埃及、伊拉克、约旦、沙特阿拉伯、苏丹和土耳其）健康科学学院的自愿参与者进行了描述性横断面设计，重点关注生育和为人母的看法。通过一份自填式问卷方便地收集了回复，该问卷由5个部分的31个项目组成，在进行有效性和可靠性测试后，改编自一项已发表的瑞典研究，并使用SPSS 22版（美国纽约州阿蒙克市IBM公司）进行分析，包括来自一个在线托管网站的1371名学生。结果 近四分之三的学生对生育概念的看法较差。学生的特征（自变量）与其对为人母的看法（因变量）之间存在显著关系。学生生育决定因素、对冷冻保存的看法以及与为人母之间存在高度正相关（r = 0.527，P <0.01），（r = 0.533，P <0.01），以及（r = 0.406，P <0.01）。学生对生育的看法反映出高频率的积极态度（χ² = 12.080，P <0.000）。结论 参与者的生育决定、冷冻保存看法与为人母之间存在正相关，对学生对生育问题看法有高频积极影响。该研究建议护士为正在做出与生育相关决定的年轻女性和男性提供必要的知情指导和支持。
