Trial reportUpsala journal of medical sciences2018
Can Reproductive Life Plan-based counselling increase men's fertility awareness?
Trial report in Upsala journal of medical sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
- Behavior changes to promote preconception health: a systematic review.BMC women's health · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of preconception interventions in primary care: a systematic review.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2022Pooled it
- Preconception lifestyle advice for people with infertility.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- The effect of a locally tailored intervention on the uptake of preconception care in the Netherlands: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial (APROPOS-II study).BMC public health · 2022Trial
- An intervention in contraceptive counseling increased the knowledge about fertility and awareness of preconception health-a randomized controlled trial.Upsala journal of medical sciences · 2019Trial
- The effect of online education of men's reproductive health before childbearing on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of preconception health in couples: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Frequency, morbidity and equity - the case for increased research on male fertility.Nature reviews. Urology · 2024Review
- Differences in associations between family functioning and anxious and depressive symptoms in Chinese women and their partners in early pregnancy.BJPsych open · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of preconception care interventions in primary care: a systematic review protocol.BJGP open · 2022Article
- The ABC of reproductive intentions: a mixed-methods study exploring the spectrum of attitudes towards family building.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2022Article
- Outcome reporting across randomized controlled trials evaluating potential treatments for male infertility: a systematic review.Human reproduction open · 2022Review
- Men and sexual and reproductive healthcare in the Nordic countries: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Preconditions to parenthood: changes over time and generations.Reproductive biomedicine & society online · 2021Article
- Knowledge gaps in the understanding of fertility among non-medical graduate students.F&S reports · 2020Article
- Knowledge about the impact of age on fertility: a brief review.Upsala journal of medical sciences · 2020Review
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- In everybody's interest but no one's assigned responsibility: midwives' thoughts and experiences of preventive work for men's sexual and reproductive health and rights within primary care.BMC public health · 2019Article
- You did not turn up… I did not realise I was invited…: understanding male attitudes towards engagement in fertility and reproductive health discussions.Human reproduction open · 2019Article
- Longitudinal Study of Changes in Fertility Awareness and Lifestyle Behaviors Among Men in Japan After Viewing an Educational Video Focused on Enhancing Sperm Quality.American journal of men's healthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundMany men have limited knowledge about reproductive health and fertility. The aim of the study was to evaluate if Reproductive Life Plan (RLP)-based counselling during a sexual health visit could increase men's fertility awareness. MATERIAL AND
methodsThe study was a randomized controlled trial including 201 men aged 18-50 who visited either of two participating sexual health clinics in Sweden for sexually transmitted infection testing during 2014-2016. All men received standard care, and men in the intervention group (IG) also received oral and written RLP-based information about lifestyle and fertility. Awareness about fertility and lifestyle-related factors were the main outcomes, measured through a questionnaire before the intervention and through a telephone survey after three months. Impressions from the counselling were also assessed at follow-up.
resultsA majority (71%) of men wanted children in the future. General fertility awareness increased from a mean score of 4.6 to 5.5 out of 12 (P = 0.004) in the IG. The mean number of accurate lifestyle factors (that could affect fertility) mentioned increased from 3.6 to 4.4 (P < 0.001) in the IG. There were no improvements in the control group. Among the men in the IG, 76% had a positive experience of the counselling, and 77% had received new information.
conclusionThe intervention managed to increase different aspects of men's fertility awareness. In the future, the format for preconception care for men needs further development. Including men in preconception health policy guidelines and identifying suitable actors for care provision would be important first steps.
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