Research Article
Knowledge of Infertile Couples about Assisted Reproductive Technology in Iran
Soheila Pourmasumi, Mehrdad Mostaghaci,
Parvin Sabeti and Nahid Ardian
Correspondence Address :
Nahid Ardian
M.A. in
Sociology, Social Determinants of Health Research Center
Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences
Yazd
Iran
Email: n_ardian1382@hotmail.com
Received on: February 13, 2016, Accepted on: March 02, 2016, Published on: March 08, 2016
Citation: Soheila Pourmasumi, Mehrdad Mostaghaci, Parvin Sabeti and Nahid Ardian (2016). Knowledge of Infertile Couples about Assisted
Reproductive Technology in Iran
Copyright: 2016 Nahid Ardian, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Background: Infertility is a problem that has affected many people in different communities. Awareness of this problem and relevant issues and the treatment protocols may influence the effectiveness of these methods.
Objective: Due to the importance of the awareness of patients referring to infertility centers about different reproductive methods, this descriptive cross-sectional study was designed in the Yazd Infertility Center about Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART).
Materials and Methods: Among the patients who referred to Yazd Infertility Research Center from March to September 2012, 463 persons filled the questionnaire. The questionnaire included two parts: 1) demographic information such as age, gender, education, occupation, duration of infertility, and 2) 21 questions about the awareness of ART, which consisted of three parts of general knowledge, understanding related to men and women. Awareness of patients was analyzed based on their educational level, gender, duration of infertility and occupation.
Results: About 60% of patients knew approximately half of the information about reproductive methods. There was a significant correlation between educational levels and the average knowledge about reproductive methods (P<0.05). Also, a significant difference between the average knowledge score of reproductive methods was observed with men-related knowledge, age and gender (P<0.05). There was no significant relation between duration of infertility and the knowledge of reproductive methods.
Conclusion: More than half of the patients were aware of 50% of the information about reproductive methods. More educated people had more knowledge. It is proposed that in addition to the booklets/ brochures, other methods should be performed to increase patients' knowledge about ART.
Keywords: Assisted reproductive techniques, Knowledge