Does the Level of Reproductive Knowledge Specific to Inflammatory Bowel Disease Predict Childlessness among Women with Inflammatory Bowel Disease?

Affiliations

Vivian W Huang: Division of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Hsiu-Ju Chang: Division of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Karen I Kroeker: Division of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Karen J Goodman: Division of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Kathleen M Hegadoren: Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Levinus A Dieleman: Division of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Richard N Fedorak: Division of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may choose to remain childless due to a lack of IBD-specific reproductive knowledge.

ISSN: 2291-2789 (Print); 2291-2797 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720