Sperm donor attitudes and experiences with direct-to-consumer genetic testing.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify factors influencing sperm donor willingness to participate in direct-to-consumer genetic testing, comfort with sharing genetically identifiable data in commercial genetic testing databases, and likelihood to donate sperm again.

Design

Cross-sectional online anonymous survey.

Setting

Multicenter, 2 large American sperm banks from July 1, 2020 to July10, 2021.

Patients

Sperm donors from 1980 to 2020.

Interventions

None.

Main outcome measures

Associations between donor demographic characteristics, donation history, and attitudes toward direct-to-consumer genetic testing.

Results

A total of 396 donors completed the survey. Most donations (61.5%) occurred from 2010 to 2020, and 34.3% were nonidentified donations. Nonidentif

SUBMITTER: Wodoslawsky S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10028474 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature