Infertility, defined as the inability to conceive after one year of regular unprotected sex, affects 48 million couples and 186 individuals globally. There are several myths without factual basis regarding infertility, with increase in prevalence infertility world, spread such also increases. Such include concepts like is a woman’s problem, it psychological or stress induced issue, health lifes...

The study aimed to examine: (i) the association between perception of infertility controllability and coping strategies; and (ii) the association between perception of infertility controllability and coping strategies to psychological distress, applying multivariate statistical techniques to control for the effects of demographic variables. This cross-sectional study included 137 women with fer...

OBJECTIVE To determine the primary reason why insured patients drop out of IVF treatment in the United States and to identify methods to decrease such behavior. DESIGN Prospective patient survey. SETTING Private infertility clinic. PATIENT(S) Women under the age of 40 years, who had insurance coverage for at least three IVF cycles, who did not conceive and who did not return to the clinic...

BACKGROUND The distress that couples experience in IVF treatment is well-documented though research exploring factors that might contribute to the distress is scarce and the role of infertility-specific versus more general psychological characteristics in predicting psychological distress remains unexplored. This exploratory study aimed to describe, explore and test a self-constructed conceptua...

BACKGROUND The experience of infertility can be extremely stressful. Some of the risk factors for depression in infertility are being female, repeated unsuccessful treatment cycles or a 2 to 3 year history of infertility, low socioeconomic status, foreign nationality, lack of partner support, life events and previous depression. In this study, we analyzed the Beck Depression Inventory score at ...

BACKGROUND Infertility has been described as creating a form of stress leading to a variety of psychological problems. Both psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy are effective treatments for infertility stress. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy along with fluoxetine for improvement infertility stress in infertile women. MATERIALS AND METHODS :...

OBJECTIVE To study infertility-related stress among men and women and to examine its relationship with the level of perceived social support. MATERIAL AND METHOD The Fertility Problem Inventory (FPI) and the Personal Resource Questionnaire (PRQ) were translated into Thai and used to assess the level of infertility-related stress and perceived social support, respectively, in 238 infertile sub...

BACKGROUND Successful pregnancy is the ultimate goal of almost all couples. However, this pleasant event is usually accompanied psychological and behavioral changes and can result in stress in women, particularly women who pregnant by assisted reproductive technology methods (ARTs). OBJECTIVES This study aims to determine the anxiety level during pregnancy and its relation with infertility fa...

Background: The Backgrounds of this study are aimed to find out the main relevant risk factors of female infertility and to meet the service needs of people who have problem associated with infertility. To reduce their feelings of social isolation on improved relationship with family and male partners. To promote physical, spiritual and mental health also knowledge and awareness of infertility ...

BACKGROUND Sperm DNA damage is an important factor in the etiology of male infertility. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to evaluate the association of oxidative stress induced sperm DNA damage with the pathogenesis of male infertility. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study comprised a total of 66 subjects, including fertile men (n=25) and infertile men (n=41) matched by age. Seminal malondiald...