Fertility Awareness in University Students

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Educational Video
• Interventions: Other: Video

• Registration Number: NCT02607761
• Lead Sponsor: Universidade do Porto

Brief Summary

Recent evidence showed that undergraduate students have inappropriate knowledge about reproductive health and infertility.

The investigators' aim was to assess the effectiveness of a brief intervention (video) in increasing the knowledge regarding fertility issues, fertility risk factors and infertility definition.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-10
• Study First Submitted: 2015-10-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-11-17
• Study First Posted: 2015-11-18
• Primary Completion: 2016-05
• Status Verified: 2016-06
• Study Completion: 2016-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-06-16
• Last Update Posted: 2016-06-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 323

Inclusion Criteria

• Undergraduate student

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Exclusion Criteria

• Having knowledge of a fertility problem

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention Group	Video	2 minutes video with information and images on age-related fertility, infertility definitions, infertility risk factors, probabilities of fecundity according to age and cycle.
Control 1	Video	2 minutes video with same images but information on work-family balance.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
change in fertility knowledge	T1 - immediatly after intervention; T2 - one week later; T3 - one month later; T4 - 12 months later	This measure assesses fertility knowledge by asking 10 questions on the probability of conception and fertility treatment success rates.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
change in age of desired parenthood	T1 - immediatly after intervention; T2 - one week later; T3 - one month later; T4 - 12 months later	Subjects are asked to write how many children would they like to have in the future and what is the desired age for having the first and the last child.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Educational and Education Sciences; 🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal