Educational Video
Conditions
Keywords
infertility, fertility awareness, health interventions, young adults
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.
Interventions
OTHERVideo
Video-Audio Media
Sponsors
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Universidade do Porto
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 25 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Undergraduate student
Exclusion criteria
* Having knowledge of a fertility problem
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
Countries
Portugal
Outcome results
None listed