Journal article
Awareness of the Vaginal Microbiome and Willingness to Undergo Vaginal Microbiota Transplant
Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing, Vol.55(2), pp.184-190
03/01/2026
DOI: 10.1016/j.jogn.2025.10.009
PMID: 41177523
Abstract
Objective: To examine awareness of the vaginal microbiome and vaginal microbiota transplant, willingness to undergo vaginal microbiota transplant, and factors that influence the decision to undergo the procedure. Design: Cross-sectional descriptive survey study. Setting: Online distribution from October 2024 to January 2025. Participants: Respondents (N = 210) who self-identified as women (n = 198), men (n = 2), gender nonconforming (n = 14), transgender (n = 3), other (n = 2), and not specified (n = 2) and had vaginas. Methods: The survey included questions about patient demographics, gynecologic and pelvic symptoms and conditions, and vaginal microbiota transplantation awareness and willingness. We used descriptive statistics to summarize the quantitative data and conducted conventional content analysis to examine responses to open-ended questions about factors to undergo vaginal microbiota transplantation. Results: Most respondents (n = 176, 83.8%) had not heard of vaginal microbiota transplant. However, more than 50% of respondents were willing or very willing to undergo vaginal microbiota transplantation for each presented indication: prevent yeast infections, bacterial vaginosis, or cytolytic vaginosis (n = 131, 62.4%); reduce risk of sexually transmitted infections (n = 130, 61.9%); alleviate menstrual pain (n = 126, 60.0%); prevent urinary tract infections (n = 126, 60.0%); alleviate vaginal symptoms (n = 120, 57.1%); prevent preterm births (n = 119, 56.7%). We identified five categories from 180 responses about factors that influenced the decision to undergo vaginal microbiota transplantation: Evidence, Procedure Logistics, Health Care Factors, Personal Factors, and Donor Health. Conclusion: Increased awareness about the vaginal microbiome and vaginal microbiota transplantations is necessary. Factors that influence willingness to undergo the procedure should be addressed in designing and implementing this new intervention.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Awareness of the Vaginal Microbiome and Willingness to Undergo Vaginal Microbiota Transplant
- Creators
- Ellie Kroeger - University of WashingtonCaeli Malloy - University of WashingtonChen X. Chen - University of ArizonaKaboni Whitney Gondwe - University of WashingtonKendra Kamp - University of Washington
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing, Vol.55(2), pp.184-190
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jogn.2025.10.009
- PMID
- 41177523
- NLM abbreviation
- J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs
- ISSN
- 0884-2175
- eISSN
- 1552-6909
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 7
- Grant note
- UL1 TR002319 / National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) T32016913; K23NR020044 / National Institute of Nursing Research of the National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) R01HD110994 / Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2026
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9985219296102771
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