Satisfaction with Information Provided to Infertile patient Who Undergo Assisted Reproductive Treatment.
Awareness
Health Promotion
Infertility
Information
Satisfaction
Journal
International journal of fertility & sterility
ISSN: 2008-076X
Titre abrégé: Int J Fertil Steril
Pays: Iran
ID NLM: 101487941
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2019
Jan 2019
Historique:
received:
30
05
2017
accepted:
25
02
2018
entrez:
7
10
2018
pubmed:
7
10
2018
medline:
7
10
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Potentially modifiable factors, such as the appropriate informing process given to infertile patients, can affect their infertility knowledge and information. This study aims to assess infertility information provided to Iranians who undergo assisted reproductive treatment. In this cross-sectional study, participants recruited were a convenience sample of all infertile patients who received assisted reproductive treatments from Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran. Inclusion criteria consisted of: patient's first time visit, no previous infertility treatment failures, and referral to the centre between January and March 2015. A 20-item tool designed by researchers measured patient satisfaction with the infertility informing process. This tool included cause of infertility, type of recommended treatment, diagnostic procedures, approximate treatment duration, success rate of the treatment, approximate cost of treatment, and non-therapeutic factors in treatment success. A total of 235 infertile patients were invited to participate in the study, from which 200 (100 men and 100 women) participants completely responded to the questionnaire with a response rate of approximately 85%. The mean age of participants was 30.93 ± 5.56 years. In terms of satisfaction with information provided about the cause of infertility, male responders reported the lowest mean score of 3.59 ± 1.05 compared to female responders (3.82 ± 0.85, P=0.078). Infertile women had a greater mean score of 3.85 ± 0.78 than infertile men (3.58 ± 1.29) in satisfaction with information provided about the type of recommended treatment (P=0.037). There was a statistically significant difference between males (3.26 ± 1.04) and females (3.58 ± 0.93) in satisfaction with approximate treatment duration (P=0.031). According to the results, most infertile patients were satisfied with the informing process related to the cause of infertility and recommended therapies. Information about infertility should be provided more systematically to all treated patients by medical staff, especially in terms of success rate of treatment and financial cost of therapy.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Potentially modifiable factors, such as the appropriate informing process given to infertile patients, can affect their infertility knowledge and information. This study aims to assess infertility information provided to Iranians who undergo assisted reproductive treatment.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
METHODS
In this cross-sectional study, participants recruited were a convenience sample of all infertile patients who received assisted reproductive treatments from Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran. Inclusion criteria consisted of: patient's first time visit, no previous infertility treatment failures, and referral to the centre between January and March 2015. A 20-item tool designed by researchers measured patient satisfaction with the infertility informing process. This tool included cause of infertility, type of recommended treatment, diagnostic procedures, approximate treatment duration, success rate of the treatment, approximate cost of treatment, and non-therapeutic factors in treatment success.
RESULTS
RESULTS
A total of 235 infertile patients were invited to participate in the study, from which 200 (100 men and 100 women) participants completely responded to the questionnaire with a response rate of approximately 85%. The mean age of participants was 30.93 ± 5.56 years. In terms of satisfaction with information provided about the cause of infertility, male responders reported the lowest mean score of 3.59 ± 1.05 compared to female responders (3.82 ± 0.85, P=0.078). Infertile women had a greater mean score of 3.85 ± 0.78 than infertile men (3.58 ± 1.29) in satisfaction with information provided about the type of recommended treatment (P=0.037). There was a statistically significant difference between males (3.26 ± 1.04) and females (3.58 ± 0.93) in satisfaction with approximate treatment duration (P=0.031).
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
According to the results, most infertile patients were satisfied with the informing process related to the cause of infertility and recommended therapies. Information about infertility should be provided more systematically to all treated patients by medical staff, especially in terms of success rate of treatment and financial cost of therapy.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30291694
doi: 10.22074/ijfs.2019.5314
pmc: PMC6186278
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
324-328Informations de copyright
Copyright© by Royan Institute. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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