A Cross-Sectional Survey of Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge, Attitude and Current Behaviours towards Female Fertility Preservation Services within the UK
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Population
2.2. Statistical Analyses
2.3. Patient and Public Involvement
3. Results
3.1. Current Practice of Fertility Preservation
3.2. Knowledge of Fertility Preservation
3.3. Attitudes towards Fertility Preservation
3.4. Barriers to Fertility Preservation
3.5. Knowledge of Local Fertility Preservation Services
3.6. Training on Fertility Preservation
4. Discussion
Limitations and Strengths
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Number | (%) | |
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Age (Years) | ||
20–25 | 3 | 0.7 |
26–30 | 82 | 19.8 |
31–35 | 147 | 35.4 |
36–40 | 88 | 21.2 |
41–45 | 26 | 6.3 |
46–50 | 28 | 6.7 |
51–55 | 18 | 4.3 |
>56 | 23 | 5.5 |
Not answered | 0 | 0 |
Ethnicity | ||
White | 267 | 64.3 |
Asian | 72 | 17.3 |
Black | 18 | 4.3 |
Mixed | 20 | 4.8 |
Other | 28 | 6.7 |
Would rather not say | 8 | 1.9 |
Not answered | 2 | 0.5 |
Speciality | ||
Obstetrics and Gynaecology (general) | 196 | 47.2 |
Gynaecological Oncology (Sub-speciality trainee) | 8 | 1.9 |
Reproductive Medicine (Sub-speciality trainee) | 4 | 0.9 |
Urogynaecology (Sub-speciality trainee) | 0 | 0 |
Maternal and Fetal medicine (Sub-speciality trainee) | 5 | 1.2 |
General Practice | 112 | 26.9 |
Clinical Oncologist | 22 | 5.3 |
Medical Oncologist | 26 | 6.3 |
Haematologist | 6 | 1.4 |
Breast Surgeon | 3 | 0.7 |
Paediatrician | 18 | 4.3 |
Paediatric Oncologist | 1 | 0.2 |
Gastroenterologist | 4 | 0.9 |
General Surgeon | 8 | 1.9 |
Not answered | 2 | 0.5 |
Current Position | ||
Consultant | 92 | 22.2 |
Speciality Registrar (ST3–ST5) | 119 | 28.7 |
Speciality Registrar (ST6–ST7) | 60 | 14.5 |
Speciality Senior House Officer (ST1–ST2) | 48 | 11.6 |
Subspecialist trainee | 6 | 1.4 |
Staff Grade Registrar | 12 | 2.8 |
Staff Grade Senior House Officer | 3 | 0.7 |
Associate Specialist | 1 | 0.2 |
Other | 67 | 16.1 |
Not answered | 7 | 1.7 |
Deanery working in | ||
East Midlands | 15 | 3.6 |
East of England | 22 | 5.3 |
Kent Surrey and Sussex | 28 | 6.7 |
London | 63 | 15.2 |
North East and North Cumbria | 31 | 7.5 |
North West | 34 | 8.2 |
Oxford | 4 | 0.9 |
Peninsula | 12 | 2.9 |
Severn | 11 | 2.7 |
West Midlands | 27 | 6.5 |
Wessex | 25 | 6.0 |
Yorkshire and Humber | 33 | 7.9 |
Scotland (North) | 28 | 6.7 |
Scotland (South East) | 30 | 7.2 |
Scotland (East) | 3 | 0.7 |
Scotland (West) | 13 | 3.1 |
Wales | 19 | 4.6 |
Northern Ireland | 8 | 1.9 |
Not answered | 9 | 20 |
Qualifications | ||
Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) | 29 | 6.9 |
Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) | 10 | 2.4 |
Membership of the Royal College of General Practice (MRCGP) | 83 | 20 |
Membership of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (MRCOG) | 114 | 27.5 |
Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG) | 6 | 1.4 |
Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) | 8 | 1.9 |
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) | 3 | 0.7 |
Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR) | 19 | 4.6 |
Other | 46 | 11.1 |
Not answered | 97 | 23.4 |
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Kasaven, L.S.; Mitra, A.; Chawla, M.; Murugesu, S.; Anson, N.; Ben Nagi, J.; Theodorou, E.; Rimmer, M.P., on behalf of the UKARCOG Working Group; Al-Wattar, B.; Yazbek, J.; et al. A Cross-Sectional Survey of Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge, Attitude and Current Behaviours towards Female Fertility Preservation Services within the UK. Cancers 2024, 16, 2649. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16152649
Kasaven LS, Mitra A, Chawla M, Murugesu S, Anson N, Ben Nagi J, Theodorou E, Rimmer MP on behalf of the UKARCOG Working Group, Al-Wattar B, Yazbek J, et al. A Cross-Sectional Survey of Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge, Attitude and Current Behaviours towards Female Fertility Preservation Services within the UK. Cancers. 2024; 16(15):2649. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16152649
Chicago/Turabian StyleKasaven, Lorraine S., Anita Mitra, Mehar Chawla, Sughashini Murugesu, Nicholas Anson, Jara Ben Nagi, Efstathios Theodorou, Michael P. Rimmer on behalf of the UKARCOG Working Group, Bassel Al-Wattar, Joseph Yazbek, and et al. 2024. "A Cross-Sectional Survey of Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge, Attitude and Current Behaviours towards Female Fertility Preservation Services within the UK" Cancers 16, no. 15: 2649. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16152649