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This study aimed to investigate the KAP of embryo transfer among women who underwent IVF-ET.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This cross-sectional study was conducted on women who underwent IVF-ET at our Hospital between May 2023 and November 2023, using a self-designed questionnaire.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 614 valid questionnaires were finally included. The mean KAP scores were 19.46 \u00b1 5.06 (possible range: 0 28), 39.41 \u00b1 5.20 (possible range: 12\u201360), and 48.02 \u00b1 6.75 (possible range: 0\u201360), respectively. The structural equation model demonstrated that knowledge has a direct effect on attitude (\u03b2 = 0.27, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001) and attitude has a direct effect on practice (\u03b2 = 0.55, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001) and anxiety (\u03b2 = 0.59, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001). Moreover, multivariable linear regression analysis showed that anxiety score [coefficient = 0.09, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.03\u20130.16, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.003], BMI (coefficient = 0.09, 95%CI: 0.03\u20130.16, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.003), education (coefficient = 5.65\u20136.17, 95%CI: 1.09\u201310.7, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05), monthly per capita income (coefficient = 1.20\u20131.96, 95% CI: 0.21\u20133.07, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.05), reasons for IVF (coefficient = \u22121.33\u20131.19, 95% CI: \u22122.49\u20130.09, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05), and more than 5\u00a0years of infertility (coefficient = \u22121.12, 95% CI: \u22122.11\u20130.13, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.026) were independently associated with sufficient knowledge. Knowledge (coefficient = 0.19, 95% CI: 0.12\u20130.26, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001), anxiety (coefficient = 0.39, 95% CI: 0.34\u20130.45, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001), monthly per capita household income &amp;gt;10,000 (coefficient = 1.52, 95% CI: 0.61\u20132.43, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001), and three or more cycles of embryo transfer (coefficient = \u22122.69, 95% CI: \u22123.94\u20131.43, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001) were independently associated with active attitude. Furthermore, attitude (coefficient = 0.21, 95% CI: 0.11\u20130.30, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001) and anxiety (coefficient = 0.57, 95% CI: 0.49\u20130.65, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001) were independently associated with proactive practice.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Women who underwent IVF-ET had inadequate knowledge and negative attitudes but proactive practice toward embryo transfer, which were affected by anxiety, income, and reasons for IVF. 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