Female oncofertility attitude and knowledge: a survey of reproductive health professionals in Shanghai, China.
Yuqing Wang, Hanyi Chen, Ke Ju, Megan F Kopp, Sarah B Johnson, Katherine K Farrell, Gehui Yuan, Lauren M Ataman, Weiwei Zheng, Teresa K Woodruff, Shuo Xiao
Author Information
Yuqing Wang: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
Hanyi Chen: Science Research & Information Management Section, Shanghai Pudong New Area Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Shanghai, 200136, PR China.
Ke Ju: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
Megan F Kopp: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
Sarah B Johnson: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
Katherine K Farrell: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
Gehui Yuan: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
Lauren M Ataman: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Weiwei Zheng: Key Laboratory of Public Health Safety, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, 20032, PR China.
Teresa K Woodruff: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Shuo Xiao: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
AIM: To evaluate the female oncofertility attitude and knowledge of reproductive health professionals in China. METHODS: An online survey was distributed to reproductive health professionals in Shanghai, China. RESULTS: Female professionals were more likely to consider that cancer patients would want to preserve their fertility. Participants with higher educational background tended to have a more positive attitude toward oncofertility. The majority of the participants (71.0%) obtained a fair or low level of oncofertility knowledge, and only 25.3% of them received scores at the 'good knowledge' level. CONCLUSION: There are significant gaps in the current oncofertility knowledge among reproductive health professionals in China, suggesting an urgent, unmet need for establishing an interdisciplinary fertility preservation training and service system.
