Current Awareness, Perspective and Knowledge on Social Egg Freezing

Hong Kong's fertility preservation service is underutilized and limited, with low awareness among clinicians and young adults. Traditional Chinese culture may lead to social stigma, preventing discussion of fertility issues. A survey aims to explore awareness, knowledge, and acceptance of oocyte cryopreservation, enabling resource allocation for a culturally acceptable public education program and a dedicated referral system to improve oocyte cryopreservation services.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Neoplasms
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: No special intervention, all participants will be asked to complete same set of questionnaire.

Detailed Description

Hong Kong's fertility preservation service is underutilized and limited, with low awareness among clinicians and young adults. Traditional Chinese culture may lead to social stigma, preventing discussion of fertility issues. A survey aims to explore awareness, knowledge, and acceptance of oocyte cryopreservation, enabling resource allocation for a culturally acceptable public education program and a dedicated referral system to improve oocyte cryopreservation services.

The questionnaire will be in paper form and as an online survey. Potential participants will be provided with the study aim and respondent rights. Once verbal informed consent is obtained, participants will be asked to fill in the self-administered questionnaire. For the online survey, implied consent from the participants will be adopted when they complete the questionnaire on the webpage and return it to us.

In order to reach the 2 target groups, convenient sampling will be used. Questionnaires will be distributed to the patients who have undergone or will seek fertility preservation services in PWH. For the general public, they will be recruited online via an invitation link.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 200

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: PUI WAH JACQUELINE CHUNG; Phone Number: +852 35051537; Email: jacquelinechung@cuhk.edu.hk
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Elaine Yee Lee NG; Phone Number: +852 35052745; Email: elaineng@cuhk.edu.hk

Study Locations

• Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    • Recruiting
    • Pui Wah Jacqueline Chung
    • Contact: PUI WAH JACQUELINE CHUNG; Phone Number: +852 35051537; Email: jacquelinechung@cuhk.edu.hk
    • Contact: Elaine Yee Lee NG; Phone Number: +852 35052745; Email: elaineng@cuhk.edu.hk

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

All patients aged from 18-60 years old, who have undergone or will seek fertility preservation services in PWH and the general public will be invited to participate.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• People with aged from 18-60 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients unable to provide consent/assent (i.e. significant psychiatric problems/cognitive delay)

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
All patients who have undergone or will seek fertility preservation services; All patients who have undergone or will seek fertility preservation services, but they will be asked to complete the same set of questionnaires.	Other: No special intervention, all participants will be asked to complete same set of questionnaire.; No special intervention, all participants will be asked to complete same set of questionnaire.
General public; The general public will also be asked to complete the sane set of questionnaires.	Other: No special intervention, all participants will be asked to complete same set of questionnaire.; No special intervention, all participants will be asked to complete same set of questionnaire.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Awareness, perspective and knowledge	To evaluate the difference in the level of awareness, perspective and knowledge towards social egg freezing between patients who have undergone or will seek fertility preservation services and the general public.	through study completion, an average of 1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Awareness	To evaluate the awareness of oocyte cryopreservation among the general public and patients	through study completion, an average of 1 year
Factors that may affect the uptake rate	To determine any factors that may affect the uptake rate of oocyte cryopreservation	through study completion, an average of 1 year
Utilization rate	To assess the utilization rate of social egg freezing	through study completion, an average of 1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Pui Wah Jacqueline Chung, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 1, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): August 31, 2029
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 1, 2030

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 22, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 30, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): September 3, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): November 12, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 11, 2024
• Last Verified: November 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 2024.346

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No