ReviewJournal of reproduction & infertility2013
Assessment of questionnaires measuring quality of life in infertile couples: a systematic review.
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- Pluripotency factor Tex10 finetunes Wnt signaling for spermatogenesis and primordial germ cell development.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Lifestyle and fertility-specific quality of life affect reproductive outcomes in couples undergoingFrontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Decision regret among couples experiencing infertility: a mixed methods longitudinal cohort study.Reproductive health · 2023Article
- Male infertility.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2023Review
- Understanding the Male Perspective: Evaluating Quality of Life and Psychological Distress in Serbian Men Undergoing Infertility Treatment.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Quality of life and associated factors among infertile women attending infertility clinic at Mnazi Mmoja Hospital, Zanzibar.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- The effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals on ovarian- and ovulation-related fertility outcomes.Molecular reproduction and development · 2022Review
- Development and validation of the health-related quality of life instrument for Chinese infertile couples: a mixed-methods study protocol.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2022Article
- Is perceived inability to procreate associated with life satisfaction? Evidence from a German panel study.Reproductive biomedicine & society online · 2022Article
- Awareness, perceived efficacy, and utilization of assisted reproductive technologies among women attending fertility clinic in a Nigerian tertiary health institution: a cross-sectional study.The Pan African medical journal · 2022Article
- Is infertility resolution associated with a change in women's well-being?Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2020Article
- Effectiveness of a Spousal Support Program in Improving the Quality of Life of Male Patients Undergoing Infertility Treatment: A Pilot Study.International journal of community based nursing and midwifery · 2020Article
- The association between stressful life events and perceived quality of life among women attending infertility treatments: the moderating role of coping strategies and perceived couple's dyadic adjustment.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Too much time? Time use and fertility-specific quality of life among men and women seeking specialty care for infertility.BMC psychology · 2019Article
- Supportive Social Interactions in Infertility Treatment Decrease Cortisol Levels: Experimental Study Report.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Relationship between Quality of Life, Relationship Beliefs and Attribution Style in Infertile Couples.International journal of fertility & sterility · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundInfertility has potentially inappropriate effects on quality of life in infertile couples. Various general and specific questionnaires have been structured for assessing different aspects of quality of life in infertile men, women, or couples. The present systematic review was designed to assess these questionnaires and also identify different factors affecting infertile couples based on the aforesaid questionnaires.
methodsThe research strategy involved general and specific terms in relation to couples's infertility and their quality of life. A review was done for studies published from 1982 to 2012 that were indexed in Medline, ISI Web of Science and Scopus as well as abstract books on this subject. We also corresponded with the authors of the references in related studies for introducing more resources and references.
resultsIn all reviewed studies, different aspects of the quality of life in couples were evaluated including sexual, psychological, social, communicational, environmental, occupational, medical, as well as economical ones. In total, after initial screening of all studies, 10 general and 2 specific questionnaires were retrieved. Although no meta-analysis was found in the review, infertility had a negative effect on quality of life in couples.
conclusionThis study revealed that some general questionnaires such as SF-36 and WHO-QOL were mostly used for assessing quality of life in infertile couples and some specific questionnaires such as FERTI-QoL and Fertility Problem Inventory were rarely used. Thus, it seems that the evaluation of quality of life in infertile couples needs valid instruments for measurement.
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