Table 1 Characteristics of included studies
From: University students’ fertility awareness and its influencing factors: a systematic review
Authors, year | Country | Type of study, population and sample size | Measure used | Mean age | Education | Influencing factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ludmila Jurkowski, 2021 [6] | Argentina | Cross-sectional, 680 students (83.2% females and 16.4% males) | The awareness of fertility issues (Lampic et al. [7], the translation into Spanish) | Mean age: 24.7 years (SD = 5.6) | University | N/A |
Lampic, 2006 [7] | Sweden | Cross-sectional, 401 students (222 females and 179 males) | The awareness of fertility issues [7] | Mean age: 24 years (SD = 4.0) | University | Gender |
Laura Bunting, 2008 [8] | UK | Cross-sectional, 149 students (110 female and 39 male) | The factors affecting fertility scale (FAFS) | Mean age: 24.01 years (SD = 7.81) | Postgraduate and undergraduate university students | N/A |
C. Meissner, 2016 [9] | Germany | Cross-sectional, 1144 students (881 female and 263 male) | Study-specific questionnaire | Mean age: 24.5 years | University (bachelor, master, doctor) | Gender, Major |
Kazem Nouri, 2014 [10] | Germany | Prospective case–control study, 340 students (170 female and 170 male) | Study-specific questionnaire | Mean age: 20.03 years (SD = 1.77) | University (170 medical and 170 non-medical students) | Gender, Major |
Brennan D. Peterson, 2012 [11] | USA | Cross-sectional, 246 students (138 female and 108 male) | The Swedish Fertility Awareness Questionnaire [7] | Mean age: 20.4 years (SD = 2.3) | Undergraduate university students | The difference between genders was not statistically significant |
Valentina Rovei, 2010 [12] | Italy | Cross-sectional, 958 students (607 female and 351 male) | Study-specific questionnaire | Male mean age: 22.9 years; female mean age: 22.1 years | University students | Major |
Karla L. Bretherick, 2010 [13] | Canada | Cross-sectional study,360 female students | Study-specific questionnaire | 18–24 years | Undergraduate students | N/A |
Aira Virtala, 2011 [14] | Finland | Cross-sectional, 4906 students (3222 female and 1684 male) | Study-specific questionnaire | Male mean age: 24.7 years; female mean age: 23.9 years | University students | Gender, Age |
Carla Conceição, 2017 [15] | Portugal | Randomised controlled trial, 173students (intervention group: 89; control group: 84) | Educational video; the Swedish Fertility Awareness Questionnaire [7] | Mean age: 20.18 years (SD = 4.93) | University students | N/A |
Hyewon Shin, 2020 [16] | Korean | Cross-sectional, 166 students (51.2% females and 48.8% males) | The Korean version of the Fertility Awareness Questionnaire and Attitudes of Parenthood (FAAP) | Mean age: 22.3 years (SD = 1.7) | University | N/A |
C. H. Y. Chan, 2015 [17] | China | Cross-sectional, 367 students (275 females and 92 males) | The Swedish Fertility Awareness Questionnaire [7] | Mean age: 23.2 years (SD = 3.5) | University | N/A |
J. M. Place, 2022 [18] | Mexican | Cross-sectional, 371 students (228 females and 143 males) | The Swedish Fertility Awareness Questionnaire [7] | Mean age: 23. 3 years (SD = 5.12) | University | N/A |
Samaher Alfaraj, 2019 [19] | Saudi Arabia | Cross-sectional study, 248 female students | The Swedish Fertility Awareness Questionnaire [7] | Mean age: 21.36 years (SD = 1.35) | Undergraduate | The difference between genders was not statistically significant |
Nina Olsén Sørensen, 2016 [20] | Danish | Cross-sectional, 517students (438 females and 79 males) | The Swedish Fertility Awareness Questionnaire [7] | Male mean age: 25.6 years (SD = 4.4); female mean age: 24.2 years (SD = 5.1) | Undergraduate | The difference between genders was not statistically significant |
Ewelina Chawłowska, 2020 [21] | Polish | Cross-sectional study,456 female students | Study-specific questionnaire | Mean age: 21.95 years (SD = 2.45) | University | Gender, Major, Education |
Agneta Skoog Svanberg, 2006 [22] | Sweden | Cross-sectional, 257students (141females and 116 males) | Study-specific questionnaire | N/A | Postgraduate students | N/A |
Isidora, 2017 [23] | Serbian | Cross-sectional, 418 students (271 females and 147 males) | The Swedish Fertility Awareness Questionnaire [7] | Male mean age: 22.4 years (SD = 1.2); female mean age: 22.5 years (SD = 1.4) | University | The difference between genders was not statistically significant |
Olumide Abiodun, 2016 [24] | Nigeria | Cross-sectional, 389 students (231 females and 158 males) | The Swedish Fertility Awareness Questionnaire [7] | Mean age: 18.74 years (SD = 2.14) | University undergraduates | N/A |
Lisa C. Hickman, 2018 [25] | USA | Cross-sectional study,589female students | Study-specific questionnaire | N/A | Graduate students and medical trainees | Education |
Ilse Delbaere, 2021 [26] | Europe (Sweden, Belgium and Greece) | Cross-sectional, 656 students (406 female and 247 male) | The Swedish Fertility Awareness Questionnaire [7] | Sweden: 25; Belgium: 25; Greece: 23 | Medical undergraduate students | Gender, Major |