Journal article
Reproductive knowledge and patient education needs among Indonesian women infertility patients attending three fertility clinics
LR Bennett, B Wiweko, L Bell, N Shafira, M Pangestu, IBP Adayana, A Hinting, G Armstrong
Patient Education and Counseling | Published : 2015
Abstract
Objective: This study investigated the reproductive knowledge and patient education needs of 212 female Indonesian infertility patients. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from July to September 2011 by married women, 18 to 45 years old, seeking infertility care from clinics in Jakarta, Surabaya and Denpasar. Participants were literate, the sample was highly educated, predominantly urban and primarily middle class or elite. Results: Infertility consultants were cited as the most useful source of information by 65% of respondents, 94% understood that infertility results from male and female factors, 84% could distinguish between infertility and sterility, and 70% could identify t..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We wish to thank the survey respondents for their time, the interview team for their dedication to ensuring the quality of the data collected, and the clinic administrators for allowing us to recruit through them. This work was supported by the Australian Research Council via a Future Fellowship awarded to Dr Linda Bennett to conduct research into compromised fertility in Indonesia.