Predictors of infertility-related concerns in a Canadian survey of men and women seeking fertility treatment.
Adult
Canada
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Health Care Surveys
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Personnel
/ psychology
Health Services
Humans
Infertility
Infertility, Female
/ psychology
Infertility, Male
/ psychology
Male
Needs Assessment
Patient-Centered Care
Social Support
Stress, Psychological
Surveys and Questionnaires
Gender
Infertility
Patient-centered care
Psychosocial concerns
Journal
Patient education and counseling
ISSN: 1873-5134
Titre abrégé: Patient Educ Couns
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 8406280
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2020
09 2020
Historique:
received:
08
11
2019
revised:
26
02
2020
accepted:
17
03
2020
pubmed:
11
4
2020
medline:
15
12
2020
entrez:
11
4
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To examine if and how factors associated with infertility-related concerns and opportunity to discuss concerns differ between male and female fertility patients. A cross-sectional survey of 313 female and 254 male patients recruited from Canadian fertility clinics. An online survey asked about sociodemographic characteristics, psychological distress, the severity of psychosocial concerns on a scale of 0 (not concerned) to 5 (very concerned) related to fertility treatment, and their opportunity and desire to discuss concerns with healthcare providers (HCPs). For women, higher stress, educational attainment and being childless were associated with higher concern (F(6, 287) = 14.73, p < .001). For men, higher stress, being religious and longer treatment duration were associated with higher concern (F(8, 222) = 9.87, p < .001). No significant difference existed between men's and women's average concern scores (t(558) = -1.62, p = .11) or opportunity to discuss concerns (t(149) = 0.28, p = .78). Our results indicate an unmet need and desire for support among subgroups of patients who were concerned about psychosocial issues related to infertility, but did not have the opportunity to discuss these issues with HCPs. There is a need to tailor resources to address the concerns of male and female fertility patients from diverse sociodemographic backgrounds and with different fertility histories.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32273146
pii: S0738-3991(20)30150-6
doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2020.03.016
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Pagination
1812-1820Subventions
Organisme : CIHR
ID : TE1-138296
Pays : Canada
Organisme : CIHR
ID : MOP – 136880
Pays : Canada
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest None.