Can Reproductive Life Plan-based counselling increase men's fertility awareness?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many men have limited knowledge about reproductive health and fertility. The aim of the study was to evaluate if Reproductive Life Plan (RLP)-based counselling during a sexual health visit could increase men's fertility awareness.

Material and methods

The study was a randomized controlled trial including 201 men aged 18-50 who visited either of two participating sexual health clinics in Sweden for sexually transmitted infection testing during 2014-2016. All men received standard care, and men in the intervention group (IG) also received oral and written RLP-based information about lifestyle and fertility. Awareness about fertility and lifestyle-related factors were the main outcomes, measured through a questionnaire before the intervention and through a telephone

SUBMITTER: Bodin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6327788 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature