Volume 26, Issue 125, July 2022

A population-based survey examining the awareness of factors that are associated with male infertility in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mosab AA Alzubier¹, Abdullah Ahmad A Twair², Alhaytham M Z Almuaddi², Abdullah Zaid J Alnefea², Abdulaziz Fahad A Salamh², Abdulhakim Alqahtani², Nawaf Ali S Alqahtani², Ali Hassan A Ali^3,4♦

¹Urology Department, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, KSA
²College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, KSA
³Anatomy Department, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, KSA
⁴Anatomy Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

^♦Corresponding author
Anatomy Department, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, KSA Anatomy Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

ABSTRACT

Men's knowledge of the numerous factors linked to male infertility is poor. There haven't been many research on men's awareness of their own fertility. According to research of both men and women, men are relatively less aware of issues with fertility and reproductive health. A regionally representative sample of Saudi men took part in a web-based survey on male fertility and reproductive health over the course of three months in 2022. For the study, men between the ages of 18 and 65 were enrolled. With a mean age of 24 years, there were 444 male participants. Each participant was required to list the causes of male infertility; their knowledge of fertility was evaluated by two open-ended questions and a thorough list of associated risk factors and medical conditions. By the majority of demographic factors, the general degree of fertility knowledge remained constant. The majority of men (70 percent) claimed to have some knowledge about male fertility and reproduction. Fewer men learned about fertility via television and radio than from medical professionals or the internet.

Keywords: Infertility, Fertility, Knowledge, Risk Factors, Infertility Awareness, Web-Based Survey

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms273e2362

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i125/ms273e2362

Published: 08 July 2022