Infertility-related stress in men and women predicts treatment outcome 1 year later
Infertility-related stress in men and women predicts treatment outcome 1 year later
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DOI:
10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.12.039
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发表时间:
2005-06-01
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Schmidt, L
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作者:
Boivin, J;Schmidt, L
Objective: To examine the separate and joint effects of male and female fertility problem (FP) stress and the source of stress (e.g., personal, social, marital) on treatment outcome.Design: Prospective, epidemiological cohort design.Setting: Fertility clinics in Denmark.Patient(s): Eight hundred eighteen couples who were about to begin a new course of treatment.Intervention(S): An FP stress inventory was administered at the start of treatment, and the treatment outcome was evaluated 12 months later.Main Outcome Measure(S): Number of treatment cycles in 12-month study period and treatment outcome (i.e., success. no success).Result(S): Fertility problem stress was associated with a poorer treatment outcome in women (pooled within-Groups [WGr] correlation,WGr =.517) and men (WGr =.392) with the effect significantly more pronounced for women (z = 3.19, P