ReviewReproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E2018
Lifestyle and fertility: the influence of stress and quality of life on female fertility.
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70 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 155 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association Between Mental Health and Reproductive System Disorders in Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA network open · 2023Pooled it
- Heartfulness meditation alters neuroendocrine profiles: A randomized controlled trial on hormones of stress and well-being.Medicine · 2025Trial
- Fertility protection in the reproductive-age population: A evolutionary concept analysis.International journal of nursing sciences · 2026Review
- Components of women's health literacy associated with pregnancy at the wanted time and the use of infertility treatment among Japanese workers.Industrial health · 2026Observational
- Monitoring Menstrual Health in Footballers: Considerations for Tracking Menstrual and Hormonal Contraceptive Cycles in the Field to Support Performance.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Review
- Unveiling the Bidirectional Relationship on the Effect of Gut Microbiota and Female Infertility: A Narrative Review.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Precipitation variability, fertility, and metabolic stress over 5 millennia in the ancient Andes: A bioarchaeological path analysis.Science advances · 2026Article
- Knowledge and engagement in health-promoting behaviors among women planning pregnancy: a cross-sectional study.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Does Self-Compassion Play a Mediating Role Between Stress and Fertility Adjustment in Women Undergoing Infertility Treatment? A Structural Equation Analysis.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Article
- Changes in ambient environmental conditions correspond to variations inFrontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Allostatic load in women with infertility: a cross-sectional analysis study from NHANES 2015-2018.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- The Long Path to Motherhood: Personal Growth and Well-Being During Medically Assisted Reproduction.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Inhibition of integrated stress response by ISRIB promotes mouse and human primordial follicle activation via the mTOR pathway.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2025Article
- The overlooked link between reproductive system disorders and depression: a cohort study in 2 million women.Psychological medicine · 2025Article
- Relationship Between Quality of Reproductive Life and Semen Quality: The Moderating Roles of Social Support and Fertility Stress.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Demographic and clinical associations with miscarriage and unsuccessful conception attempts among female Syrian refugees in Lebanon.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Association of relative fat mass with female infertility: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES 2017-2020.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The role of social determinants of health in woman's intention to pregnancy: a model with the mediation of social support.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The mediating effect of health-promoting behaviors on the relationship between infertility stress and fertility-related quality of life of infertile women: a cross-sectional study.Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea) · 2025Article
- Correlations among hope, fertility quality of life and negative emotions for couples undergoing their first in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer: a cross-sectional analysis.Reproductive health · 2025Article
10 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
There is growing evidence that lifestyle choices account for the overall quality of health and life (QoL) reflecting many potential lifestyle risks widely associated with alterations of the reproductive function up to the infertility. This review aims to summarize in a critical fashion the current knowledge about the potential effects of stress and QoL on female reproductive function. A specific literature search up to August 2017 was performed in IBSS, SocINDEX, Institute for Scientific Information, PubMed, Web of Science and Google Scholar. Current review highlights a close relationship in women between stress, QoL and reproductive function, that this association is more likely reported in infertile rather than fertile women, and that a vicious circle makes them to have supported each other. However, a precise cause-effect relationship is still difficult to demonstrate due to conflicting results and the lack of objective measures/instruments of evaluation.
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