The narratives of fertility clinic’s websites in Spain

Mohammadi, Leila; Aranda, Daniel; Martínez, Silvia Martínez

doi:10.3145/epi.2019.mar.19

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“… 46 , 47 In some cases, information on treatments and success rates was considered misleading and was found to aggressively market some ART procedures, 48 including non-medical EF. 49 Our findings provide further evidence of the need to improve the quality of the resources on fertility and fertility preservation.…”

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Cracked open: exploring attitudes on access to egg freezing

Johnston

Fuscaldo

Richings

et al. 2020

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters

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Egg freezing (EF) technology has improved significantly over the last decade, giving women more choice over their reproductive futures. Despite this advance, EF brings forth contentious ethical and regulatory issues. Policies controlling access to EF vary around the world and there is a lack of consensus about who should have access and what criteria are relevant in making these decisions. This study aimed to identify views of women about access to EF for both “medical” and “non-medical” risks to infertility. An online survey was administered to women aged between 18 and 60 years in Victoria, Australia between April and May 2018. A total of 1,066 individuals initiated the survey. The median age of the participants was 28 years and 81% were <40 years old. Almost all participants (98%) supported access to medical EF in situations where treatments (e.g. chemotherapy) or illnesses threaten fertility. Support for access to EF for non-medical indications was lower; 75% supported EF for “lack of suitable partner” , followed by “financial insecurity to raise a child” (72%) and “career/educational advancement” (65%). Older respondents (aged ≥40 years) were less likely than their younger counterparts to support all indications for non-medical EF. Our findings indicate broad support for EF. However, the variation in support between indications for non-medical EF suggests that individuals do not think about access to EF simply in terms of medical necessity. To reflect public views, future policy may need to consider access to EF beyond the medical/non-medical distinction.

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confidence: 55%

Cracked open: exploring attitudes on access to egg freezing

Johnston

Fuscaldo

Richings

et al. 2020

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters

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“…Previous studies regarding information on infertility and fertility in the media have examined (1) newspaper reports about assisted reproductive technology [ 35 ]; (2) information on clinic websites [ 36 ]; (3) the readability, suitability, and quality of online information [ 32 , 37 ]; (4) online videos made by laypersons and informational infertility-related educational videos [ 38 ]; and (5) online emotional support and social media on infertility-seeking to reduce isolation [ 39 , 40 ]. As mentioned above, although people who are trying to conceive tend to have relatively low levels of knowledge about lifestyle factors associated with reduced fertility, especially male infertility, to our knowledge, few studies have investigated the content of online information on the lifestyle factors associated with reduced fertility.…”

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Online Japanese-Language Information on Lifestyle Factors Associated With Reduced Fertility: Content Analysis

Yokota¹,

Okuhara²,

Ueno³

et al. 2020

J Med Internet Res

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Background Approximately one-third of Japanese couples currently worry or previously worried about infertility. To develop strategies for the primary prevention of infertility as a population approach, it is important for the general population to be knowledgeable about fertility and infertility. The internet may contribute to the dissemination of information regarding infertility and fertility. However, few studies have examined online information about fertility. Objective This study aimed to quantitatively examine online Japanese-language information about lifestyle factors associated with reduced fertility. Methods We conducted online searches, using the 10 search terms with the highest numbers of searches that people hoping to conceive are likely to input in two major search engines in Japan (Google Japan and Yahoo! Japan). From the 2200 retrieved websites, 1181 duplicates and 500 websites unrelated to our objective were excluded, resulting in a final dataset of 519 websites. Coding guidelines were developed for the following lifestyle factors associated with reduced fertility: sexually transmitted diseases, psychological stress, cigarette smoking, alcohol use, nutrition and diet, physical activity and exercise, underweight, overweight and obesity, and environmental pollutants. Results In terms of the website author’s professional expertise, 69.6 % of the coding instances for the selected lifestyle factors were mentioned by hospitals, clinics, or the media, whereas only 1.7% were mentioned by laypersons. Psychological stress (20.1%) and sexually transmitted diseases (18.8%) were the most frequently mentioned lifestyle factors associated with reduced fertility. In contrast, cigarette smoking, alcohol use, nutrition and diet, physical activity and exercise, underweight, overweight and obesity, and environmental pollutants were mentioned relatively infrequently. The association between reduced fertility and sexually transmitted diseases was mentioned significantly more frequently by hospitals and clinics than by the media (P<.001). The association between reduced fertility and nutrition and diet was mentioned significantly more frequently by the media than by hospitals and clinics (P=.008). With regard to the sex of the target audience for the information, female-specific references to psychological stress, sexually transmitted diseases, nutrition and diet, underweight, physical activity and exercise, and overweight and obesity were significantly more frequent than were male-specific references to these lifestyle factors (psychological stress: P=.002, sexually transmitted diseases: P<.001, nutrition and diet: P<.001, underweight: P<.001, physical activity and exercise: P<.001, overweight and obesity: P<.001). Conclusions Of the lifestyle factors known to be related to reduced fertility, cigarette smoking, alcohol use, and male-specific lifestyle factors are mentioned relatively infrequently in online information sources in Japan, and these factors should be discussed more in information published on websites.

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“…They choose to freeze their eggs because of a variety of reasons, important among them the physical, economical, structural, and personal factors. Indeed, it was found that women chose to freeze eggs because of the absence of conditions crucial for pursuing motherhood, and not because of the presence of any dominant reasons [62]. Interestingly, there have been investigations into fertility preservation and the attitudes surrounding it in several countries [69][70][71][72][73][74].…”

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You Have a New Super Power: Ethics of Oocyte Cryopreservation

Mohammadi¹,

Martínez²,

Aranda³

2021

Infertility and Assisted Reproduction

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This chapter will be an ethical analysis on challenging situations surrounding oocyte cryopreservation treatment in young healthy women. There has been always a complicated interaction between technology and changing societal values. This ethical discussion is not on whether or not oocyte cryopreservation in itself is ethically justifiable. Through a comprehensive literature review, this chapter discusses some ethical aspects that have emerged since oocyte cryopreservation was applied for the first time. Through a practical approach, this chapter address ethical uncertainties presenting case studies, ethical questions and terms, existing arguments in favor and against oocyte cryopreservation; and examine the individual patient’s beliefs, perception and opinions.

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The narratives of fertility clinic’s websites in Spain

Cited by 6 publications

References 35 publications

Cracked open: exploring attitudes on access to egg freezing

Cracked open: exploring attitudes on access to egg freezing

Online Japanese-Language Information on Lifestyle Factors Associated With Reduced Fertility: Content Analysis

You Have a New Super Power: Ethics of Oocyte Cryopreservation

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