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Brief summary
Hong Kong's fertility preservation service is underutilized and limited, with low awareness among clinicians and young adults. Traditional Chinese culture may lead to social stigma, preventing discussion of fertility issues. A survey aims to explore awareness, knowledge, and acceptance of oocyte cryopreservation, enabling resource allocation for a culturally acceptable public education program and a dedicated referral system to improve oocyte cryopreservation services.
Detailed description
Hong Kong's fertility preservation service is underutilized and limited, with low awareness among clinicians and young adults. Traditional Chinese culture may lead to social stigma, preventing discussion of fertility issues. A survey aims to explore awareness, knowledge, and acceptance of oocyte cryopreservation, enabling resource allocation for a culturally acceptable public education program and a dedicated referral system to improve oocyte cryopreservation services. The questionnaire will be in paper form and as an online survey. Potential participants will be provided with the study aim and respondent rights. Once verbal informed consent is obtained, participants will be asked to fill in the self-administered questionnaire. For the online survey, implied consent from the participants will be adopted when they complete the questionnaire on the webpage and return it to us. In order to reach the 2 target groups, convenient sampling will be used. Questionnaires will be distributed to the patients who have undergone or will seek fertility preservation services in PWH. For the general public, they will be recruited online via an invitation link.
Interventions
OTHERNo special intervention, all participants will be asked to complete same set of questionnaire.
No special intervention, all participants will be asked to complete same set of questionnaire.
Sponsors
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Study design
Observational model
CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* People with aged from 18-60 years old
Exclusion criteria
* Patients unable to provide consent/assent (i.e. significant psychiatric problems/cognitive delay)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Awareness, perspective and knowledge | through study completion, an average of 1 year | To evaluate the difference in the level of awareness, perspective and knowledge towards social egg freezing between patients who have undergone or will seek fertility preservation services and the general public. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Awareness | through study completion, an average of 1 year | To evaluate the awareness of oocyte cryopreservation among the general public and patients |
| Factors that may affect the uptake rate | through study completion, an average of 1 year | To determine any factors that may affect the uptake rate of oocyte cryopreservation |
| Utilization rate | through study completion, an average of 1 year | To assess the utilization rate of social egg freezing |
Countries
Hong Kong
Contacts
Primary ContactPUI WAH JACQUELINE CHUNG
Backup ContactElaine Yee Lee NG
Outcome results
None listed