Author/Authors :
MUSAVI, Sanaz Women's Reproductive Health Research Center - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , MASHHADI ABDOLAHI Tabriz Health Services Management Research Center - Health Management and Safety Promotion Research Institute - Tabriz Uni-versity of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , GHOJAZADEH, Morteza Research Center - for Evidence-Based Medicine - Health Management and Safety Promotion Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , ABBASALIZAD FARHANGI, Mahdieh Drug Applied Research Center - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , NIKNIAZ, Zeinab Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Center - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , NIKNIAZ, Leila Tabriz Health Services Management Research Center - Health Management and Safety Promotion Research Institute - Tabriz Uni-versity of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Abstract :
Background: This systematic review and meta-analysis of the observational studies aimed at evaluating the infertile women’s attitude toward gestational surrogacy.
Methods: Published studies until Jan 2019 were searched using PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, ISI Web of Science, Proquest and Google scholar, MagIran, SID and IranMedex. Studies in English or Persian language surveyed attitudes toward surrogacy for infertile women published until Jan 2019. Animal studies and studies with poor methodological quality were excluded from the review.
Results: Six eligible studies including 1359 infertile women were identified. Of these, 559 and 742 women agreed and disagreed with surrogacy respectively. The overall event rate of positive attitude for surrogacy in infertile women was %39.7 (%95 CI=24.5 to 57.1, P=0.245).
Conclusion: The infertile women’s attitude toward surrogacy is not strongly positive. We believe, more studies should be conducted among different socioeconomic, religious and cultural groups.
Keywords :
Meta-analysis , Gestational surrogacy , Attitude , Infertility
