Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34061481›Full record

ArticleJBRA assisted reproduction2021

Fertility awareness, attitudes towards parenting, and knowledge about Assisted Reproductive Technology among university students in Argentina.

Ludmila Jurkowski, Rocio Manubens, Julieta Olivera Ryberg, Mariela Rossi

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in JBRA assisted reproduction, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. F&S reports · 2026
    Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ludmila JurkowskiUniversidad de San Martin Psychology Department, Buenos Aires Argentina Psychology Department, Universidad de San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Rocio ManubensUniversidad de Belgrano Psychology Research Department CABA Argentina Psychology Research Department, Universidad de Belgrano, CABA, Argentina.
Julieta Olivera RybergUniversidad de la Marina Mercante Psychology Research Department CABA Argentina Psychology Research Department, Universidad de la Marina Mercante, CABA, Argentina.
Mariela RossiFertilis Medicina Reproductiva Psychology Department Buenos Aires Argentina Psychology Department, Fertilis Medicina Reproductiva, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe aim of this study was to assess the fertility awareness, attitudes towards parenting, and knowledge about Assisted Reproductive Technology of Argentinian university students.

methodsThis naturalistic, cross-sectional and quantitative study included the translation into Spanish of the Swedish Fertility Awareness Questionnaire; adjustments were also made to fit the questionnaire to local cultural norm. Through a snowball design using social media, university students were contacted in June 2019 and asked to complete an anonymous online self-report survey.

resultsA total of 680 students (83.2% females and 16.4% males) aged 24.7 years on average (SD=5.6) answered the questionnaire. Approximately 70% believed they had high levels of knowledge about human reproduction; nevertheless, 46% thought that women could get pregnant in any stage of the cycle; 36.2% believed that fertility in women decreased between the ages of 45 and 50, 33.2% between the ages of 40 and 45, and 25.9% between the ages of 35 and 40 years. Half of the studied population thought that the chances of getting pregnant during the ovulation period ranged between 80-100%. In regard to age-related fertility decline in men, 57% believed that it simply did not happen. As to their desire to become parents, 58.3% stated that they planned to have children, and 50% said it was very important. The risk factors tied to infertility listed by the students were as follows: drug use (79.2%); aging (78.2%); smoking (69.2%); alcohol (66.5%); and sexually transmitted infections (43%).

conclusionsArgentinian university students wrongly see themselves as knowledgeable about fertility. Interventions are required to improve awareness over fertility among university students in Argentina.

Indexed as

ParentingUniversitiesArgentinaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleFertilityHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansMaleMiddle AgedPregnancyReproductive Techniques, AssistedStudentsassisted reproductive technologyfertility awarenessparenting attitudesuniversity students

Identifiers

PMID34061481
PMCPMC8312293

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.