Women with IBD: perceptions and experiences of fertility and pregnancy
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Women with IBD: perceptions and experiences of fertility and pregnancy
IRAS ID
163014
Contact name
Christian Selinger
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 4 months, 1 days
Research summary
Women suffering from Inflammatory Bowel Disease are less likely to have children than healthy women. While the rate of infertility is the same as in the general population, many more women with IBD decide against having children when compared to the general population. For the vast majority of patients there is no medical reason to remain childless. There may be a number of reasons why women with IBD decide against having children. Fear of passing IBD on to children, concern for not being able to care for a child concern of disease worsening as a result of pregnancy, etc. It has been proposed that lack of knowledge is the main reason for voluntary childlessness. Previous research has shown that nearly 50% of women with IBD have poor knowledge of pregnancy related issues. Yet a possible link between knowledge and childlessness has not been investigated so far. We aim to explore the reasons for voluntary childlessness in women with IBD.
REC name
North West - Preston Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/NW/1391
Date of REC Opinion
30 Oct 2014
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion