ArticleBMC women's health2019
Preferred problem solving and decision-making role in fertility treatment among women following an unsuccessful in vitro fertilization cycle.
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- Treatment experience of patients with failedFrontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Preferences of women experiencing infertility for in vitro fertilisation treatment in China: a discrete choice experiment.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Sociodemographic and medical correlates of fertility-related quality of life in primary infertile Czech couples attending fertility clinics.Health psychology report · 2026Article
- Arabic translation and psychometric validation of the Problem-Solving Decision-Making scale: A cross-sectional study in Saudi Arabia.PloS one · 2026Article
- Evaluation of the Effect of Jawarish Amla Concoction on Controlling Stress in Women Candidate Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection orAdvanced biomedical research · 2025Article
- Emotional risk factors before in vitro fertilization among infertile couples in daily clinical practice in Sari in 2020-2022.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Qualitative and quantitative analysis of doctor-patient interactions during andrological consultations.Andrology · 2022Observational
- Perceptions of Fertility Physicians Treating Women Undergoing IVF Using an Egg Donation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Decisional Regret in Female Oncofertility Decision Making-An Integrative Narrative Review.Cancers · 2021Review
- Integration of partners of young women with cancer in oncofertility evidence-based informational resources.Cancer medicine · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundWhile the literature on healthcare decision-making has long focused on doctor-patient interaction, fertility treatment is an exception, characterized by a triangular interplay between the doctor, the woman and her partner. This study examined treatment decision-making preferences of women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment, following an unsuccessful IVF cycle, especially their preferred level of doctor and spousal involvement.
methodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted with 246 Chinese women undergoing IVF recruited from an assisted reproduction clinic of a university-affiliated hospital in Hong Kong. Data collection was conducted between January 2014 and August 2015.
resultsMost participants preferred sharing the decision-making tasks with their doctors (92%). In the doctor-patient relationship, passive roles were associated with higher marital satisfaction, presence of religious affiliation and secondary infertility, while autonomous roles were related to female-factor infertility. Fifty-two percent of participants anticipated sharing decision-making, while 46% preferred handing over the decision to their husbands. Preference for a passive rather than a shared role in the spousal relationship was related to a higher husband's age, greater marital satisfaction and higher anxiety.
conclusionsIn brief, women tended to prefer sharing decision-making tasks with their doctor as well as actively engaging their partner in making decisions about fertility treatment. This study adds to our understanding of women's role preference and level of involvement in infertility treatment decision-making by providing quantitative evidence from women's experience. It highlights the importance of healthcare professionals in facilitating shared decision-making among couples.
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