caa a22 4500 445309296 CHVBK 20180317142623.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00404-010-1616-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00404-010-1616-9 Attitudes of graduating medical doctors toward using sex selection techniques in Jordan in 2009 [Elektronische Daten] [Mohammad Khassawneh, Nemeh Al-Akour, Yousef Khader, Faheem Zayed] Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe the attitude of graduating medical doctors toward the use of sex selection techniques in Jordan in 2009. Materials and methods (Design): A self-administered questionnaire was used to assess attitude toward using sex selection. Demographic variables, gender preference of future children, and score on attitude toward using technology scale were used as independent variables. Results: A total of 254 doctors (178 males, 76 females) completed the questionnaire. Forty-one (16.1%) doctors thought that sex selection as PGD should be strictly prohibited and 45 (17.7%) thought it should be allowed freely. More than half (54.7%) of them thought it should only be available for medical reason. Only 59 (23.2%) reported that they may consider the use of sex selection technology to choose their future children. Participants who preferred their firstborn child to be a boy or those who preferred their first born child to be a girl were more likely to use sex selection than those without preference. Christian participants were more likely to use sex selection technology than Muslim participants, 9 (47.4%) versus 50 (21.3%). For each one-point increase in Attitude score, the odds of using sex selection increased by 20%. Conclusions: The majority of graduating medical doctors believed that sex selection should be restricted and they were not willing to use it. Springer-Verlag, 2010 Sex selection nationallicence PGD nationallicence Graduating doctors nationallicence JUST nationallicence Jordan nationallicence Khassawneh Mohammad Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine/Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), 3030, 22110, Irbid, Jordan aut Al-Akour Nemeh School of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), 3030, 22110, Irbid, Jordan aut Khader Yousef Department of Community Medicine, Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), 3030, 22110, Irbid, Jordan aut Zayed Faheem Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, IVF Centre, Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), 3030, 22110, Irbid, Jordan aut Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics Springer-Verlag 284/1(2011-07-01), 163-168 0932-0067 284:1<163 2011 284 404 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-010-1616-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-010-1616-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Khassawneh Mohammad Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine/Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), 3030, 22110, Irbid, Jordan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Al-Akour Nemeh School of Nursing, Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), 3030, 22110, Irbid, Jordan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Khader Yousef Department of Community Medicine, Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), 3030, 22110, Irbid, Jordan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zayed Faheem Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, IVF Centre, Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), 3030, 22110, Irbid, Jordan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics Springer-Verlag 284/1(2011-07-01), 163-168 0932-0067 284:1<163 2011 284 404 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer