Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz

Direkt zur Navigaton springen.
Direkt zum Inhalt springen.

Navigation/Suche

Gewählte Publikation:

SHR Neuro Krebs Kardio Lipid Stoffw Microb

Korte, E; Schilling, R; Balcerek, M; Campbell, H; Dirksen, U; Herrmann, G; Kepakova, K; Kepak, T; Klco-Brosius, S; Kruseova, J; Kunstreich, M; Lackner, H; Langer, T; Panasiuk, A; Stefanowicz, J; Strauß, G; Ranft, A; Byrne, J; Goldbeck, L; Borgmann-Staudt, A.
Fertility education for adolescent cancer patients: Gaps in current clinical practice in Europe.
Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2020; 29(5):e13279-e13279 Doi: 10.1111/ecc.13279 [OPEN ACCESS]
Web of Science PubMed FullText FullText_MUG

Co-Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz: Lackner Herwig
Altmetrics:
Dimensions Citations:
Plum Analytics:
Scite (citation analytics):
Abstract:: As adolescent cancer patients may suffer from infertility following treatment, fertility counselling is essential. Our aim was to explore the current situation in four European countries in terms of (I) education about the risk for infertility, (II) counselling on fertility preservation, (III) patients' knowledge on fertility, (IV) sufficiency of information and (V) uptake of cryopreservation. In total, 113 patients (13-20 years) at 11 study centres completed a self-report questionnaire three and six months after cancer diagnosis. Multivariate logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). As many as 80.2% of participants reported having received education about the risk for infertility prior to treatment, 73.2% recalled counselling on fertility preservation. Only 52.3% stated they felt sufficiently informed to make a decision. Inability to recall counselling on fertility preservation (OR = 0.03, CI: 0.00-0.47) and female gender (OR = 0.11, CI: 0.03-0.48) was associated with lower use of cryopreservation, whereas older age was associated with higher use. Fertility counselling was available to a relatively high proportion of patients, and it did influence the utilisation of cryopreservation. However, many patients did not feel sufficiently informed. Further improvement is needed to enable adolescent cancer patients to make an informed decision on fertility preservation. © 2020 The Authors. European Journal of Cancer Care published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Find related publications in this database (Keywords): adolescent cancer patients; cryopreservation; fertility education; fertility impairment; fertility preservation; shared decision-making