Anxiety, attitudes, and education about fertility among medical students in the United States

BMC Medical Education

Table 3 Anxiety related to future fertility

	Females		Males		P value^c
	Mean^a Score	Percent^b	Mean^a Score	Percent^b
I worry about my future fertility.	65.1	73.8%	26.3	20.4%	< 0.001
I have anxiety related to my future fertility as a result of my career aspirations.	61.6	68.3%	22.0	14.3%	< 0.001
I have anxiety related to my future fertility related to my partner status.	35.9	32.5%	32.7	32.7%	NS
I have anxiety related to my future fertility related to the cost of infertility treatments.	39.2	31.7%	21.3	12.2%	< 0.001

(NS = P value not statistically significant)
^aMean score on a sliding scale where response could range from 0 (“strongly disagree”) to 100 (“strongly agree”)
^bPercentage of participants who reported a response greater than “50” on the scale which was deemed an endorsement of the survey statement
^cP value refers to mean score

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