• Asibe Özkan, Merve Kolcu, Aydan Yilmaz, and Gonca Akbaş.
• Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing, Hamidiye Faculty of Nursing, University of Health Sciences-Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey.
• J Eval Clin Pract. 2025 Feb 1; 31 (1): e14265e14265.

BackgroundEco-anxiety caused by climate change, which is a significant public health problem, has negative effects on sexual and reproductive health, and these effects are expected to increase continuously. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between eco-anxiety caused by climate change and the fertility preferences of women.MethodsThis descriptive study was conducted between June and August 2024 with 491 women at the ages of 18 to 49 who were registered at a family health center. A personal information form, the Attitudes toward Fertility and Childbearing Scale, and the Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale were used to collect data.ResultsThe mean total AFCS score of the participants was 66.1 ± 14.2, while their mean total HEAS score was 27.1 ± 7.0. There was a weak negative correlation between the AFCS scores and HEAS scores of the participants (r = -0.124, p = 0.006).ConclusionAs the ecological anxiety levels of women increased, their attitudes toward childbearing became more negative.© 2024 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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