Information evaluation and post-intervention anxiety
anxiety, ARF
ARF
On average, participants rated both the age-related fertility and the fertility policy information significantly more useful than the control information (both P < 0.001). Participants also rated the age-related fertility information marginally more useful than the fertility policy information (P = 0.060). The average ratings for usefulness of the information brochure were 4.13 in the ARF group (median = 4; interquartile range, 4 to 5; range, 1 to 5), 4.03 in the FP group (median = 4; interquartile range, 4 to 4; range, 1 to 5), and 3.80 in the control group (median = 4; interquartile range, 4 to 4; range, 1 to 5).Participants’ posttest anxiety ratings were significantly higher in the ARF group than in the FP group (P = 0.002) and the control group (P < 0.001). The anxiety ratings were also significantly higher in the FP group than in the control group (P = 0.003). The average posttest anxiety ratings were 2.92 in the ARF group (median = 3; interquartile range, 2 to 4; range, 1 to 5), 2.67 in the FP group (median = 3; interquartile range, 2 to 3; range, 1 to 5), and 2.44 in the control group (median = 2; interquartile range, 2 to 3; range, 1 to 5).