When do involuntarily infertile couples choose to seek medical help?

Moreau, Caroline; Bouyer, Jean; Ducot, B.; Spira, Alfred; Slama, Rémy

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.10.011

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“…The final two criteria include self-reported measures regarding pregnancy attempts (use of ART and unsuccessful pregnancy attempts for at least 12 months, respectively). Both criteria have proven to be good indicators of sub-or infertility [38,39].…”

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confidence: 99%

Fertility Among Female Survivors of Childhood, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer: Protocol for Two Pan-European Studies (PanCareLIFE) (Preprint)

Berg¹,

Dijk²,

Byrne³

et al. 2018

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Fertility Among Female Survivors of Childhood, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer: Protocol for Two Pan-European Studies (PanCareLIFE) (Preprint)

Berg¹,

Dijk²,

Byrne³

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“…Moreau et al [25] have reported that the cumulative probability of medical consultation for involuntary infertility among nulligravid women was 45% after 12 months of involuntary infertility and 75% after 24 months. Highly educated women were more likely to have sought medical help for infertility.…”

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Health Seeking Practices of Infertile Women

Chhabra¹

2012

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Abstract:Background: Infertility, reported commonly in gynecological practice, has many dimensions. There are many factors, visible / invisible and health seeking practices are also varied. Setting of Study: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha, Maharashtra India. Objective: To find out knowledge of women about conception events, gross causes of infertility and the advice-seeking scenario of women with infertility. Subjects: Prospective study was done over two years. Material: One thousand (532 rural & 468 urban) women were interviewed by social worker. Intervention: Analysis of information about duration of married life, problems in husband, wife and advice-seeking practices. Results: Women had little knowledge about conception events, possible treatment options for infertility, but were enthusiastic to know. Personnel from whom treatment was sought varied from quacks to specialist care-giver as entry place. Summary and Conclusion: Gross causes of infertility were tubal factors, anovulation, endocrine disorders and uterine causes. Infertile women from poor resource settings are not aware of possible causes of infertility. Some seek care from quacks, others visit specialist doctors as the first contact. Infertility therapy must encompass information, education and counseling also. Many women may need only awareness, counseling and no other medical/surgical interventions.

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“…; Moreau et al. ; Schmidt, Munster, and Helm ). Not all women who are infertile by the medical definition actually want a baby.…”

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“…Even in countries with socialized medicine, resources can matter. For example, Moreau et al (2010) found that health services utilization for infertility in France varied by education, which they interpreted as a proxy measure for socioeconomic status. Jain and Hornstein (2005) found that health insurance alone did not dramatically increase health services utilization for infertility; however, not having health insurance arguably presents a major obstacle to seeking treatment.…”

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The Importance of Social Cues for Discretionary Health Services Utilization: The Case of Infertility

Greil

Shreffler

Johnson

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Infertility is a discretionary health condition; although it carries with it important life course implications, treatment is rarely necessary for health reasons. Sociological theories of medical help-seeking emphasize demographic factors, perceived need, and enabling conditions in health services utilization, but we find that social cues are also strongly associated with health services utilization for infertility. Adjusted for conventional predictors of medical help-seeking, several social cue indicators have significant associations with utilization, including having friends and family with children, perceiving infertility stigma, and having a partner and/or family member who encourages treatment. Perceived need accounts for the largest portion of the variation in utilization. Enabling conditions explain less of the variance than social cues. Social cues should be especially important for discretionary health services utilization. Studies of service utilization for discretionary health conditions should explicitly incorporate a range of measures of social cues into their models.Sociologists, psychologists, and others have long been interested in uncovering the factors associated with the utilization of health services. Much sociological research on health services utilization has been inspired by and built upon Andersen's (1968) Socio-Behavioral Model of Health Services Utilization, which proposed that utilization results from predisposing characteristics, enabling resources, and need. Studies using Andersen's model have found that need-based factors often account for more explained variance in health services utilization than any single other group of factors (Andersen and Newman 1973;Gilbert, Branch, and Longmate 1993;Menec and Chipperfield 2001;Wolinsky and Johnson 1991). Need for services cannot be objectively defined, however, because perceived need for services is socially constructed (Pescosolido and Boyer 2010). Symptoms need to be interpreted as a medical problem, and a medical solution needs to be selected as the best alternative before individuals consider seeking medical help. Social indications from significant others about the value of health services utilization are central to this process of interpreting

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When do involuntarily infertile couples choose to seek medical help?

Cited by 45 publications

References 22 publications

Fertility Among Female Survivors of Childhood, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer: Protocol for Two Pan-European Studies (PanCareLIFE) (Preprint)

Fertility Among Female Survivors of Childhood, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer: Protocol for Two Pan-European Studies (PanCareLIFE) (Preprint)

Health Seeking Practices of Infertile Women

The Importance of Social Cues for Discretionary Health Services Utilization: The Case of Infertility

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