Health-related quality of life and need for IVF in 1000 Italian infertile couples

Ragni, G.; Mosconi, Paola; Baldini, Massimo; Somigliana, Edgardo; Vegetti, Walter; Caliari, Ilaria; Nicolosi, Anna Elisa

doi:10.1093/humrep/deh788

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“…The reason is the fact that treatment symbolizes both hope and, if it has negative results, end of hope, loss [27]. Hence, in their quantitative study, Ragni et al [11] found that previous unsuccessful IVF attempts have negative effects on mental health. In a similar vein, findings of this study show that women felt ''disappointed'', ''frustrated'', ''demotivated'', ''deeply sorry'', ''physically and mentally exhausted'' and ''guilty because of the high cost of treatments''.…”

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Marital Relationship and Quality of Life Among Couples with Infertility

Onat

Beji

2011

Sex Disabil

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The study was conducted due to the fact that there is not enough data on the topic in Turkey, where having a child brings status to women, and the related literature includes no qualitative studies about the effects of infertility on marital relationship (MR) and Quality of Life (QoL). Qualitative research in which 16 people who received successful infertility treatment received in-depth interviews, and data collected retrospectively. Infertility has negative effects on MR and QoL. In the marital relation category, four themes emerged from the answers given: (1) Separation-divorce; (2) Treatment phase and husband's reaction, support after unsuccessful treatment; (3) MR after the delivery; (4) significance of child in marriage. It was identified that infertility, regardless of which gender experiences it, brought along many problems such as unhappiness, stress, sorrow, insomnia, increase/decrease in appetite, increase in the smoking habit, social stigmatization, being exposed to curious questions about having a child, avoiding being in places with children, losing privacy of sexual life, having sexual intercourse in a planned way solely for the purpose of reproduction not of pleasure, deterioration in family relations, interruption in work life, and high cost of treatment expenses. Infertility and its treatment have effects on MR and QoL. These effects varied depending on the stage of infertility process, gender, and the quality of the relationship.

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“…Studies show that compared to infertile males, infertile females seem to demonstrate stronger and more extensive QoL impairment [6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. Analysis of the experimental studies on the QoL and marital adjustment displayed lower scores in females when compared to males [6,[10][11][12].…”

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Marital Relationship and Quality of Life Among Couples with Infertility

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Beji

2011

Sex Disabil

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“…This may be at least partially because infertility treatment is not covered by medical insurance in China. In Western countries where the public health system offsets some of the costs of infertility treatments, the psychological stress attributed to economic reasons is reduced (31,32).…”

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Psychological characteristics and marital quality of infertile women registered for in vitro fertilization-intracytoplasmic sperm injection in China

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Zhang

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Fertility and Sterility

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“…Many studies that have assessed quality of life among infertile couples have found more defects in the quality of life in women than in men (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16). Other studies indicated lower quality of life among infertile couples than the fertile (6,10,12,17,18).…”

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Quality of Life Among Fertile and Infertile Women

Amiri

Chaman

Sadeghi

et al. 2017

Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci

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Background: Quality of life is an important indicator for the assessment of individual health, decision-making, and passing judgment on the overall health of the community. Objectives: This study aimed at comparing the quality of life among fertile and infertile women and the factors affecting it. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the quality of life of 511 infertile women and 1017 fertile women was assessed using the Persian Version of SF36 quality of life questionnaire in 2013. To examine the relationship between demographic variables and quality of life, chi-square test and analysis of variance were used. The relationship between the factors affecting the quality of life was evaluated using multiple regressions. Results: Almost 10.1% of the participants reported low and very low quality of life, 38.6% reported average, and 51.3% reported good or very good quality of life. No significant difference was observed in the level of quality of life in fertile and infertile women (P = 0.8). The subscale mean scores of physical functioning and physical role limitation were significantly lower, and the mean scores of mental health and general health were higher in the fertile women than in the infertile. Conclusions:The results of the present study revealed that infertile women had significantly lower mean scores in the subscales of mental health and general health than the fertile women.

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Health-related quality of life and need for IVF in 1000 Italian infertile couples

Abstract: The need for IVF did not seem to markedly influence subjective health status. Conversely, duration of infertility and failure to achieve a pregnancy through IVF might have a negative impact.

Cited by 73 publications

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Marital Relationship and Quality of Life Among Couples with Infertility

Marital Relationship and Quality of Life Among Couples with Infertility

Psychological characteristics and marital quality of infertile women registered for in vitro fertilization-intracytoplasmic sperm injection in China

Quality of Life Among Fertile and Infertile Women

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