Knowledge and Attitude Towards Fertility Among Emirati Infertile Patients

Infertility Clinical Trial

Official title:

Knowledge and Attitude Towards Fertility Among Emirati Infertile Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06250231
• Other study ID #: 2308-ABU-016-AS
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Start date: March 31, 2024
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: February 2024
• Source: ART Fertility Clinics LLC
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Infertility is on the rise worldwide due to multiple reasons. Proper and timely diagnosis makes the treatment easier and more acceptable by the couple. Lack of fertility knowledge however delays necessary investigations and sometimes reduces chances of success as a consequence of a delay in patients / couples approaching infertility clinics. Assessing the fertility knowledge of the Emirati infertility patients would help us to understand better the cultural aspects of fertility, the driving forces for having children and how much patients actually know about predisposing factors for infertility. This in turn would improve counseling and possible set knowledge campaigns to increase awareness.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 400
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: March 31, 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• United Arab Emirates nationals coming for their first consultation in ART Fertility Clinics

• Any age group

• males and females

Exclusion Criteria:

• none

Kindly note that ART is the name of the fertility clinic and not an abbreviation

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Infertility

Intervention

Other:
• No intervention
No intervention

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Arab Emirates	ART Fertility Clinics	Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates	ART Fertility Clinics Al Ain	Al Ain

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
ART Fertility Clinics LLC

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Arab Emirates, 

References & Publications (7)

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Understanding Knowledge and Attitudes of Emirati Infertility Patients Towards Fertility Issues	A self-built survey was created to cover the different aspects of United Arab Emirates culture. The survey was pilot tested on 9 people not related to the fertility clinic for comprehension and ease of reading. The nature of the questions included would help in understanding the way the local population thinks about fertility in general given that the Emirati society is governed by certain religious and social norms and expectations. The data that will be collected by the end of this study will aid in creating certain guidelines easing the approach to infertile patients as well raising fertility awareness campaigns to encourage patients seek fertility specialist opinion early on that could potentially improve the success rates of fertility treatments.	1 year