Infertility knowledge and treatment beliefs among African American women in an urban community.

Autor: Wiltshire A; 1Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 720 Westview Drive, Atlanta, GA 30310 USA., Brayboy LM; 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Women & Infants Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 101 Dudley Fl 1, Providence, RI 02905 USA., Phillips K; 1Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 720 Westview Drive, Atlanta, GA 30310 USA., Matthews R; 1Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 720 Westview Drive, Atlanta, GA 30310 USA., Yan F; 3Morehouse School of Medicine Department of Community Health & Preventive Medicine, 720 Westview Drive, Atlanta, GA 30310 USA., McCarthy-Keith D; 1Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 720 Westview Drive, Atlanta, GA 30310 USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Contraception and reproductive medicine [Contracept Reprod Med] 2019 Sep 24; Vol. 4, pp. 16. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Sep 24 (Print Publication: 2019).
DOI: 10.1186/s40834-019-0097-x
Abstrakt: Background: To assess infertility knowledge and treatment beliefs among African American women in an urban community in Atlanta, Georgia.
Methods: This was a cross sectional study at a safety net hospital. A convenience sample of a total of 158 women receiving outpatient obstetrical or gynecologic care from March-April 2017 were recruited. Infertility knowledge and treatment beliefs were assessed using a previously applied and field-tested survey from the International Fertility Decision Making Study.
Results: The mean infertility knowledge score was 38.15% for total subjects. Those with a higher level of education ( p  < 0.0001) and those with paid employment ( p  = 0.01) had a significantly higher level of infertility knowledge. Those who had a history of infertility therapy were significantly more likely to agree with negative treatment beliefs ( p  = 0.01). There was no significant difference in infertility knowledge or treatment beliefs based on age, sexuality, parity or being pregnant at the time of survey completion.
Conclusions: African American women in our urban clinic setting seem to have a limited level of knowledge pertaining to infertility. Further research is needed to understand how differences in knowledge and beliefs translate into infertility care decision-making and future childbearing.
Competing Interests: Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests.
(© The Author(s). 2019.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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