ArticleMaternal and child health journal2007
Factors influencing childbearing decisions and knowledge of perinatal risks among Canadian men and women.
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- What do people know about fertility? A systematic review on fertility awareness and its associated factors.Upsala journal of medical sciences · 2018Pooled it
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- The Trend in Delayed Childbearing Age and Its Potential Impact on Adverse Maternal-Perinatal Outcomes in Developed and Developing Countries: A Narrative Review.Iranian journal of public health · 2025Review
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- Association between Female Reproductive Factors and Risk of Dementia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Associations between parenthood and dementia in men and women: biology or confounding?BMC neurology · 2023Article
- DoesFrontiers in global women's health · 2023Article
- Fertility awareness and subclinical infertility among women trying to get pregnant at home.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Valuing infertility treatment: Why QALYs are inadequate, and an alternative approach to cost-effectiveness thresholds.Frontiers in medical technology · 2022Article
- Knowledge of Pre-Pregnancy Care Among Men Attending the Outpatient Clinics of Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2021Article
- Uninformed decision-making and regret about delaying childbearing decisions: A cross-sectional study.Nursing open · 2020Article
- Alcohol Use Disorder and Parental Alcohol Use Disorder as Predictors of Reproductive Timing.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2020Article
- Pregnancy (im)possibilities: identifying factors that influence sexual minority women's pregnancy desires.Social work in health care · 2020Article
- Reproductive ageing-turning back the clock?Irish journal of medical science · 2019Review
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- Erratum issuedTofflemire, Karen [added]
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundWomen age 35 and older account for an increasing proportion of births and are at increased risk of having difficulties conceiving and of delivering a multiple birth, low birth weight infant, and/or preterm infant. Little is known about men's and women's understanding of the maternal age related risks to pregnancy.
objectives1) To determine the factors influencing the timing of childbearing for non-parenting men and women, 2) to determine knowledge among non-parenting men and women about maternal age-related reproductive risks, the consequences of low birth weight and multiple birth, and issues related to infertility, and 3) to determine characteristics associated with limited knowledge of these reproductive risks.
methodsAn age-stratified random sample of individuals, aged 20-45 years and without children, completed a computer-assisted telephone interview from two urban regions of Alberta, Canada (1006 women and 500 men).
resultsFactors that influenced timing of childbearing for both men and women included: financial security (85.8%) and partner suitability to parent (80.2%). Over 70% of men and women recognized the direct relationship between older maternal age and conception difficulties. Less than half knew that advanced maternal age increased the risk of stillbirth, caesarean delivery, multiple birth and preterm delivery.
conclusionsPoor understanding of the links between childbearing after age 35, pregnancy complications and increased risk of adverse infant outcomes limits adults' ability to make informed decisions about timing of childbearing.
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