Effectiveness of a video-based education on fertility awareness: a randomized controlled trial with partnered women
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Effectiveness of a video-based education on fertility awareness : a randomized controlled trial with partnered women. / Pedro, Juliana; Fernandes, Joana; Barros, Alberto; Xavier, Pedro; Almeida, Vasco; Costa, Maria E.; Schmidt, Lone; Martins, Mariana.
I: Human Fertility, Bind 25, Nr. 3, 2022, s. 522-533 .Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Effectiveness of a video-based education on fertility awareness
T2 - a randomized controlled trial with partnered women
AU - Pedro, Juliana
AU - Fernandes, Joana
AU - Barros, Alberto
AU - Xavier, Pedro
AU - Almeida, Vasco
AU - Costa, Maria E.
AU - Schmidt, Lone
AU - Martins, Mariana
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Fertility awareness (FA) among young people is low. Fertility awareness interventions have been found to contribute to increase FA in the short-term. The long-term effectiveness of FA interventions on childless and presumed fertile people, committed in a heterosexual relationship and wishing to have children in the near future is not known. In a double-blind parallel randomized controlled trial conducted between 2016 and 2018, 652 childless partnered women were randomized to either watch a 5-min video about fertility (IG: 'Intervention Group') or to not receive any intervention (CG: 'Control Group'). Participants filled out an online questionnaire at the start of the study (and in the IG group immediately before intervention). They then completed the questionnaire after 1 month, 6 months and 1 year. The questionnaire assessed FA and intentions to adopt fertility-protective behaviours. In the IG, FA levels were found to increase at 1 month post-intervention. However, significant interaction effects between group and time were only found for four out of the seven FA variables at the 6-month and 1-year follow-up. No effects were found for: (i) intentions to adopt fertility-protective behaviours; or (ii) desired timing of pregnancy. These results suggest that the fertility video intervention seems to partially increase FA in the long term. Future studies should investigate the effectiveness of different intervention formats with a focus on overcoming high attrition rates.
AB - Fertility awareness (FA) among young people is low. Fertility awareness interventions have been found to contribute to increase FA in the short-term. The long-term effectiveness of FA interventions on childless and presumed fertile people, committed in a heterosexual relationship and wishing to have children in the near future is not known. In a double-blind parallel randomized controlled trial conducted between 2016 and 2018, 652 childless partnered women were randomized to either watch a 5-min video about fertility (IG: 'Intervention Group') or to not receive any intervention (CG: 'Control Group'). Participants filled out an online questionnaire at the start of the study (and in the IG group immediately before intervention). They then completed the questionnaire after 1 month, 6 months and 1 year. The questionnaire assessed FA and intentions to adopt fertility-protective behaviours. In the IG, FA levels were found to increase at 1 month post-intervention. However, significant interaction effects between group and time were only found for four out of the seven FA variables at the 6-month and 1-year follow-up. No effects were found for: (i) intentions to adopt fertility-protective behaviours; or (ii) desired timing of pregnancy. These results suggest that the fertility video intervention seems to partially increase FA in the long term. Future studies should investigate the effectiveness of different intervention formats with a focus on overcoming high attrition rates.
KW - Fertility awareness
KW - video fertility education
KW - randomized controlled trial
KW - women
KW - reproductive health education
U2 - 10.1080/14647273.2020.1854482
DO - 10.1080/14647273.2020.1854482
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 33302740
VL - 25
SP - 522
EP - 533
JO - Human Fertility
JF - Human Fertility
SN - 1464-7273
IS - 3
ER -
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