Table 5: Infertility experience during training.
| N | Percentage | Percentage∗ (excluding not answered or not applicable) |
|
| Did your colleagues and/or program know about your struggles with infertility or desire for fertility preservation? | |||
| Yes (only colleagues) | 37 | 5.1% | 14.5% |
| Yes (only program administration) | 3 | 0.4% | 1.2% |
| Yes (both colleagues and program administration) | 22 | 3.0% | 8.6% |
| No | 167 | 22.8% | 65.5% |
| Other | 26 | 3.6% | 10.2% |
| Not answered or not applicable | 477 | 65.2% | |
| Did you feel stigmatized by your colleagues and/or friends for having an issue with infertility or for desiring fertility preservation? | |||
| Yes | 6 | 0.8% | 7.5% |
| No | 65 | 8.9% | 81.3% |
| Other | 9 | 1.2% | 11.3% |
| Not answered or not applicable | 652 | 89.1% | |
| Were your residency program administrators supportive? | |||
| Very supportive | 27 | 3.7% | 11.2% |
| Somewhat supportive | 9 | 1.2% | 3.7% |
| Minimally supportive | 6 | 0.8% | 2.5% |
| Not supportive | 2 | 0.3% | 0.8% |
| Unaware of treatment | 189 | 25.8% | 78.4% |
| Other | 8 | 1.1% | 3.3% |
| Not answered or not applicable | 491 | 67.1% | |
| Were your residency program colleagues supportive? | |||
| Very supportive | 49 | 6.7% | 20.4% |
| Somewhat supportive | 11 | 1.5% | 4.6% |
| Minimally supportive | 5 | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| Not supportive | 2 | 0.3% | 0.8% |
| Unaware of treatment | 163 | 22.3% | 67.9% |
| Other | 10 | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Not answered or not applicable | 492 | 67.2% | |
| Did your work schedule allow you to go through fertility treatment? | |||
| Yes, with no difficulty | 6 | 0.8% | 8.1% |
| Yes, with some difficulty | 30 | 4.1% | 40.5% |
| Yes, with great difficulty | 14 | 1.9% | 18.9% |
| No, it was not possible for me to make the appointments | 14 | 1.9% | 18.9% |
| Other | 168 | 23.0% | 13.5% |
| Not applicable, did not seek treatment or not treated during training | 10 | 1.4% | |
| Not answered or not applicable | 490 | 66.9% | |
| A trainee discount would help with the costs of undergoing assisted reproductive technologies during training | |||
| Strongly agree | 431 | 58.9% | 70.0% |
| Somewhat agree | 115 | 15.7% | 18.7% |
| Indifferent | 32 | 4.4% | 5.2% |
| Somewhat disagree | 2 | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Strongly disagree | 2 | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| No opinion | 34 | 4.6% | 5.5% |
| Not answered or not applicable | 116 | 15.8% | |
| In your opinion, what is the biggest barrier to pursuing fertility treatments while in training? | |||
| Time | 259 | 35.4% | 41.8% |
| Money | 215 | 29.4% | 34.7% |
| Lack of information | 26 | 3.6% | 4.2% |
| Lack of partner | 17 | 2.3% | 2.7% |
| Emotional reasons | 9 | 1.2% | 1.5% |
| Geographical reasons (i.e., partner in different location) | 5 | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| Other | 25 | 3.4% | 4.0% |
| No opinion | 63 | 8.6% | 10.2% |
| Not answered or not applicable | 113 | 15.4% | 18.3% |
| ∗Excluding not answered or not applicable. | |||