A Validated Measure for Fertility Awareness: An Essential Step Toward Informed Reproductive Decision-Making

Authors

Brennan Peterson, Chapman UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-11-2017

Abstract

"The efforts by Kudesia and colleagues (1) to create and validate a fertility awareness survey is a vital development in the field of reproductive health care. The 29-item Fertility and Infertility Treatment Knowledge Score (FIT-KS) was created to measure fertility awareness and infertility treatment knowledge in the general population and among medical trainees. Using a combination of existing questionnaires, consultation with specialists in test construction, and clinical recommendations of an expert panel of 15 reproductive endocrinologists, the FIT-KS is the first of its kind in the United States. The authors should be commended for their foresight and attempts to address a significant gap in the field as most fertility awareness studies use non-validated instruments."

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NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Fertility and Sterility. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Fertility and Sterility, volume 108, issue 4, in 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.08.027

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Recommended Citation

Peterson, B. (2017). A validated measure for fertility awareness: an essential step toward informed reproductive decision-making. Fertility and Sterility, 108(4), 606-607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.08.027

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