ArticleHealth research policy and systems2020
Analysis and exploration of infertility policies in Iran: a study protocol.
Article in Health research policy and systems, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Research Performance in Reproductive Biomedicine: A National Scientometrics Study.International journal of fertility & sterility · 2023Pooled it
- The Impact of Cognitive-Behavioral Stress Management Training on Infertility-Related Stress in Couples: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Maternal and child health journal · 2025Trial
- Stress management through cognitive reconstruction and positive thinking in women with recurrent failed In Vitro Fertilization: a randomized controlled trial.BMC psychiatry · 2025Trial
- Semen Characteristics and Embryo Outcomes in IVF.Journal of family & reproductive health · 2025Article
- Infertility-related stress and marital intimacy among infertile couples undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment in Western Iran: A cross-sectional study.European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology: X · 2025Article
- Determinants of infertility treatment from the point of couples referring to infertility treatment center in Southern Iran.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Contentious population policy-making and its consequences: a health policy analysis.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Perceptions of Health System Professionals on Integrating Fertility Care into Reproductive Health Policy in China.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Management of infertility among primary health care physicians in Morocco: a cross-sectional study.The Pan African medical journal · 2025Article
- The burden of polycystic ovary syndrome-related infertility in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2021: an analysis of the global burden of disease study 2021.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Article
- Investigating different dimensions of infertile women's quality of life: a descriptive cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Investigation of social capital and its relationship with emotional adjustment in infertile couples: A cross-sectional study.International journal of reproductive biomedicine · 2022Article
- Quality of life among infertile women living in a paradox of concerns and dealing strategies: A qualitative study.Nursing open · 2021Article
- The prevalence of anxiety symptoms in infertile women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Fertility research and practice · 2020Review
- The Association of Anxiety and Perceived Stress withJournal of human reproductive sciencesArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundInfertility is a complex and neglected reproductive health issue of global proportions, with varying effects on couples and their relationships. Therefore, international organisations and several countries have been compelled to consider infertility policies. In recent years, a shift in population policy trends toward increasing birth rates in Iran have set infertility policies in the health sector's agenda. Since infertility and its associated problems are multifactorial, all health systems, including that of Iran, need to have a comprehensive policy package that covers all of its dimensions. Policy analysis is necessary to formulate such policies. This project will therefore analyse the infertility policies in Iran's health sector and clarify the multilateral effects of their different components.
methodsThis multidisciplinary study outlines the conceptual framework of infertility policies and consists of three stages. Stage I will involve the review of infertility policies in selected countries and Iran for the operational model of infertility programmes, rules and policies. Stage II will consist of a documentary infertility policy analysis of Iran. At this stage, Iran's infertility policies will be analysed using the Walt and Gilson framework in four areas, namely content, context, process and actors. Stage III will involve the analysis of infertility policies in Iran. At this stage, a qualitative study will be conducted to understand and provide in-depth explanations of the existing policies. Finally, the concepts and outcomes obtained from the first stage will be combined with the content of the qualitative analysis of the second and third stages for exploration of Iran's infertility policies, and a package including a framework for infertility policies will be proposed. DISCUSSION: The findings of this study can be used by the Ministry of Health and public health policy-makers to determine which policies, in view of socio-cultural and economic contexts and actors' roles in each country, can be used to reach the goals defined by international organisations, on the prevention of infertility and reproductive health.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.