Knowledge about Fertility in Croatia, Measured with the Croatian Version of the Cardiff Fertility Knowledge Scale (CFKS-Hr), in Relation to Attitudes toward Having a Child and Associated Factors in a Cross-Sectional Survey.

Autor:	Buljubašić, Ante, Švaljug, Deana, Mudnić Pulje, Martina, Gusar, Ivana, Jerković, Jelena, Jerončić Tomić, Iris
Předmět:	BEHAVIORAL assessment FERTILITY HEALTH literacy CROSS-sectional method PEARSON correlation (Statistics) T-test (Statistics) STATISTICAL sampling PROBABILITY theory HEALTH ATTITUDES of mothers DECISION making DESCRIPTIVE statistics CHI-squared test INFORMATION resources AGE distribution SURVEYS PSYCHOLOGY of mothers MARITAL status ANALYSIS of variance DATA analysis software CONFIDENCE intervals REPRODUCTION EDUCATIONAL attainment
Zdroj:	Nursing Reports; Jun2024, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p816-828, 13p
Abstrakt:	Background: Fertility is a crucial component of population maintenance and growth. A declining fertility trend has been observed over the past two decades, and it continues. The birth rate in the Republic of Croatia is continuously decreasing, which is insufficient to maintain its population. Objective: This research aimed to examine the level of fertility knowledge, factors influencing fertility knowledge, and the relationship between fertility knowledge and the decision to have a child. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of mothers in five hospitals on the Adriatic coast of the Republic of Croatia, involving 1541 mothers, 18 years and older, from September 2021 to December 2023. The Cardiff Fertility Knowledge Scale (CFKS) was used for the research. The participants were divided into four groups according to age. The analysis was conducted using SPSS software (version 22.0). Descriptive statistics, chi-squared tests, t-tests, and Pearson's correlations were used for the data analysis. Results: The average percent correct score on the CFKS was 51.8% (SD 22.6), with greater knowledge being significantly related to married status and higher education status (both p < 0.05). A total of 83% of mothers who have one child want to have more children. Fewer mothers who have two children want to have more children (42%), while only 11% of mothers who have three or more children want to have more children. There is no significant relationship between the CFKS and the importance of childbearing in the future (p = 0.12). Respondents indicated that they gained most of their knowledge from the internet (31%) and from the healthcare system (33%). Conclusions: The research results reveal a lack of fertility knowledge among participants, as well as an intention to have a child in the later stages of life. The lack of formal education on this topic leads to information gathering from friends, newspapers, television, and the internet. This study was not registered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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