Current Awareness, Perspective and Knowledge on Social Egg Freezing
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: No special intervention, all participants will be asked to complete same set of questionnaire..
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Neoplasms. Basic parameters: 18 years — 60 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Hong Kong
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
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
- Other No 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.
Primary outcome measures
- Awareness, perspective and knowledge [Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- Awareness [Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year]
- Factors that may affect the uptake rate [Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year]
- Utilization rate [Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year]
Eligibility criteria
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)
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Observational model
- Case-control
Study locations
Hong Kong · 1 center
- Pui Wah Jacqueline Chung — Hong Kong
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06581666 · 2024.346