Dana R. Gossett|Sunil Nayak|Shweta Bhatt|Stacy Cooper Bailey
What Do Healthy Women Know about the Consequences of Delayed Childbearing?
Northwestern University|Magee-Womens Hospital|University of Pittsburgh|Northwestern University|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
female fertility declines dramatically age childbearing older maternal ages significant medical consequences mother infant wellknown health professionals despite average maternal age united states continues rise many factors likely contribute secular trend date research examined whether american women aware complications deferring conception correlates health literacy purpose study evaluate womens knowledge implications delaying pregnancy structured inperson interview administered 300 women 20 50 years age attending 1 2 gynecologic clinics single institution demographic information medical history gynecologic history obtained participants answered questions implications aging fertility pregnancy outcome health literacy numeracy assessed participants demonstrated knowledge deficits implications aging fertility pregnancy many unfamiliar success rates infertility treatments several demographic factors correlated knowledge health literacy numeracy important predictive variables authors knowledge first study womens knowledge fertility aging health literacy awareness importance health literacy numeracy inform future educational efforts fertility