ArticlePloS one2015
The Experience of Chinese Couples Undergoing In Vitro Fertilization Treatment: Perception of the Treatment Process and Partner Support.
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- Health care experiences of individuals accessing or undergoingFrontiers in reproductive health · 2025Pooled it
- The effects of psychosocial interventions on the mental health, pregnancy rates, and marital function of infertile couples undergoing in vitro fertilization: a systematic review.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2016Pooled it
- Gender differences in emotional reactions to in vitro fertilization treatment: a systematic review.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2016Pooled it
- Positive and negative adjustment in couples undergoing infertility treatment: The impact of support exchange.PloS one · 2018Trial
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- The Psychological Impact of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF): A Gender Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Ghanaian women's experiences of unsuccessful in-vitro fertilisation treatment, unravelling their meanings: a Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenological study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- The social infertility cycle model.Health psychology report · 2024Review
- Factors Associated with Depression in Infertile Couples: A Study in Thailand.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Changes, differences, and factors of parenthood in high-risk pregnant women and their partners in Japan.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Predicting the dyadic coping through self-esteem among infertile couples undergoingFrontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- SEXUAL FUNCTION ANDActa clinica Croatica · 2022Article
- Experiences of infertile women pursuing treatment in Kenya: a qualitative study.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Attitudes and Knowledge of Infertile Iranian Couples Among Treatment With Assisted Reproductive Technologies During COVID-19 Pandemics.Journal of family & reproductive health · 2022Article
- Attitudes toward posthumous assisted reproduction in China: a multi-dimensional survey.Reproductive health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundCouples undergoing In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Treatment suffer as dyads from the stressful experience of the painful treatment and the fear that the IVF cycle will fail. They are likely to report that their marital relationship has become unstable due to the prolonged period of treatment.
methodsThis is a qualitative study that was conducted to explore the experiences that Chinese couples have had with IVF treatment, especially their perceptions of the process and the support between couples.
resultsThe interviews revealed that couples suffered from the process, experiencing physical and emotional pain, struggling with the urgency and inflexibility of bearing a child, and experiencing disturbances in their daily routines and work. The participants described how they endured the hardships as a couple and how it affected their relationship. The couples felt that sharing feelings and supporting each other contribute to psychological well-being and improves the marital relationship. They also identified some unfavorable aspects in their partner relationship. They were ambivalent about receiving social support from friends and family members.
conclusionsWith the couples indicating that the support that they received from each other affected their experience during the treatment process, it is suggested that a supportive intervention that focuses on enhancing the partnership of the couples and dealing with their inflexibility on the issue of bearing a child might result in improvements in the psychological status and marital relationship of infertile couples undergoing IVF treatment.
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